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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
The high priest of Goth advanced menswear to a new level, mixing grunge, sportswear and urban uniforms.
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high priest
Noun
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The 43-year-old former football player has been a longtime, outspoken proponent of LGBTQ rights.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Indirect-cost rates are controversial: The proportion of NIH funding that has gone to them has grown over time, and proponents of trimming overhead argue that doing so would make research more efficient.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Castle, in fact, has become one of the league’s heaviest practitioners of the Euro stop, routinely pausing mid-move to wrong-foot defenders.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Every practitioner should know about the menopausal body.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Matar was arrested the same day and was ultimately charged with the stabbing of Rushdie and Henry Reese, a 75-year-old entrepreneur and advocate for international writers who was on the stage alongside the author.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Homeless advocates are expecting a future sweep near Colfax Street and Arden Way in the coming days.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
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Brutalism is once again the matter of mainstream discourse with the release of The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour film about an exponent of the style named Lászlo Tóth.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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An exponent of decadent literature, D’Annunzio, too, raised an army, in 1919, and even tried to establish an independent state in a part of what is now Croatia.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Transit supporters call him the last chance to ensure the system gets extensive repairs, before a cascade of deferred problems ripples across the subway, buses and commuter railroads.—
Stefanos Chen,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But business allies and supporters of tech companies criticized the announcement.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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The trouble is, there is little agreement about a solution — and certainly no white knight about to ride to the rescue.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The tech giant has held talks with Warner Bros Discovery and other media majors about some form of collaboration and has also been a white knight for bankrupt regional sports network owner Diamond Sports Group.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Dec. 2024
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“High priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20priest. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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