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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
the high priest of tax relief for the state's property owners
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
as the high priest of nouvelle cuisine, he was enormously influential in the food world
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Recent Examples of high priest
Using an inscription on one of the coffins, researchers identified its occupant as Antoine de la Porte, a high priest who died in 1710 at age 83.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Casting themselves as high priests of pop culture, the duo encapsulated gay-millennial preoccupations and patois.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Aquino suggested that the high priest of the Church of Satan invite the star of Poor Devil to become an honorary warlock.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Davis never managed that with LaVey, a lament the high priest would carry until his death in 1997.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
Casting themselves as high priests of pop culture, the duo encapsulated gay-millennial preoccupations and patois.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
Aquino suggested that the high priest of the Church of Satan invite the star of Poor Devil to become an honorary warlock.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
Davis never managed that with LaVey, a lament the high priest would carry until his death in 1997.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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If former President Donald Trump is elected president, the nation's loudest anti-vaccine proponent could conceivably be in a position to drastically transform U.S. health policy.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead, inmates would have the option to spend their time participating in rehabilitation programs, which proponents say would reduce recidivism.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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But for seasoned practitioners, tai chi’s flow can be done anytime, anywhere.Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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The practitioner will look at your medical history, assess current symptoms, and perform a physical examination.Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
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Electric vehicle advocates were dismayed when General Motors suspended production of Chevrolet’s popular Bolt models, but the 2025 Equinox has many of the same admirable qualities, and EV consumers have responded accordingly.Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The bottom line: Trump's most dangerous weapon against the media is his words, which press freedom advocates have warned do have a significant chilling effect both at home and abroad.Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Banda Machos, perhaps the most significant exponent of Jalisco’s quebradita-style banda music, rotated onto the Beso stage in a dark green and neon frazzle variation of their signature costume.Vicky Camarillo, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Mar. 2024
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What is important is that the success that the new exponents have had has splashed and helped us, and that is very good for all of us.Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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Photo: David Dee Delgado/AFP/Getty Images Members and supporters of the New York Immigration Coalition at an Election Night watch party at their offices in New York City.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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The year after Lincoln was assassinated by slavery supporter John Wilkes Booth, strip-mining of coal got started in Lincoln’s home state of Illinois.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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And this is an enormous deficit, a deficit that is in the range of the COVID deficits, without the benefit of any white knights.Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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Here, his white knight’s armor is sullied before his face is scarred, and how that fits this version of Gotham City makes for a fitting rallying cry all its own.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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