reformist

noun

Definition of reformistnext
as in proponent

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  1. proponent
  2. apostle
  3. advocate
  4. promoter
  5. champion
  6. reformer
  7. supporter
  8. exponent
Noun
  • Now Donald Trump has nominated a candidate for Secretary of Labor who has been a strong proponent of the reclassification efforts that would potentially undermine independent contractor status and interfere with their abilities to run their businesses and gainfully employ themselves.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • If the tariffs are simply a negotiating tool, as some tariff proponents say, then universal tariffs are untenable.
    The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • In the 1960s, Gordon Bunshaft, the high-modernist apostle of SOM, designed an austere wing and enclosed an open courtyard that got little use or affection during Buffalo’s long, hard winters.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of apostle
Noun
  • Kennedy has been a vocal advocate for raw milk, and has criticized FDA policy forbidding interstate sales of the product.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The findings confirm much of what advocates feared when SB 1718 passed: Hundreds of immigrants report psychological and financial stress, and most of them have hesitated to seek medical care.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of advocate
Noun
  • Drake’s petition accuses UMG of paying an independent radio promoter acting as an intermediary, who then paid other radio stations to boost airplay of Lamar’s track.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In the last 10 years, promoters say those venues have welcomed more than 500,000 visitors.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • Ample use of his No. 5 auction paddle paid off: Blanco was named the champion with a winning $25,000 bid for the vacation stay.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The Hawks defeated the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics and the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers in group play to reach the knockout stage.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of champion
Noun
  • At the same time, religious reformers, like William Tyndale and Martin Luther, and, later, a committee of translators assembled by King James, translated the Bible into the languages of everyday people.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • There’s a private spa with a steam room and cold plunge, and a gym is stocked with a Pilates reformer, a Peloton bike and other high-end workout equipment.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of reformer
Noun
  • But the fact that, by typing five words on his Truth Social network, Trump was able to ensure that the bill's Republican supporters would shrug and give up should be terrifying even to those who don't revere a free press.
    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • His father, once skeptical, became his biggest supporter, setting academic and athletic benchmarks that Zeghdar rose to meet.
    Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • The most prominent exponent of this perspective is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, who in his declaration of war on Oct. 7, 2023, quoted the famous Bialik poem about Kishinev.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of exponent
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