adherent

Example Sentences

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An adherent of liberation theology, which focuses on the oppressed, she spent time protesting the United States government’s policies in Central America and helping undocumented refugees who had fled to the U.S.

From New York Times

The appellate panel did not rule on the validity of the claims, but it found that the Falun Gong adherents had presented a strong enough case to allow their federal lawsuit in California to proceed.

From Los Angeles Times

Thus, the decision is being celebrated by media outlets and adherents to “New York Times v. Sullivan” when the Court in 1964 set a high bar for suing a speaker.

From Seattle Times

“The court’s exemption will further fuel the violence against religious minorities, particularly against non-Christian adherents, that still continues to poison our national life.”

From New York Times

It needs enemies on whom it can focus the steaming rage of its adherents and it is quite content for that rage to lead to literal extermination campaigns.

From Salon