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advocacy

[ad-vuh-kuh-see] / ˈæd və kə si /


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"But a rating agency is judged on independence and accuracy, not where it sits. If it will not downgrade an African sovereign, markets will treat it as advocacy," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The report by Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit advocacy group, shows that four water utilities in California rank among the top 10 most expensive in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Lawrence began local advocacy for affordable housing through the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition, a tenant union he founded in 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The government also said it would strengthen targeted inspections based on risk factors, as well as joint inspections involving local authorities, police and disability rights advocacy agencies.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Barack activated his network of community organizers to connect us with legal aid, advocacy, and teaching opportunities.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Her advocacies center on defending human rights and empowering the poor partly by teaching them their legal rights.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2022

"She's someone that they can really look up look up to with her advocacies and how she carries herself - she really encapsulates that ethos of inclusivity."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2021

Nine other organizations, including the local American Civil Liberties Union chapter, gay rights groups and immigrant advocacies, supported the complaint.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2016

If nobody compromises, then the result is multiple pure advocacies that result in nothing.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2015

But certain topics, and certain advocacies, had dropped out of their conversation—not by Daphne's will.

From Marriage à la mode by Mrs. Humphry Ward




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