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advocacy

[ad-vuh-kuh-see] / ˈæd və kə si /


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Odilia Romero, a resident of District 9 and executive director of CIELO, an advocacy group for Indigenous people, said she is not endorsing in the race.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The influx of advocacy programs marks a stark departure from the way big brands have historically approached influencer marketing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The Foley Foundation, another US-based hostage advocacy group, said Chen's health is a concern, noting that he suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Co-signers include the Open Markets Institute, an anti-monopoly advocacy and research group in Washington that tends to despise Big Tech, and the Writer’s Guild.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

If this claim is substantially correct, the implications for racial justice advocacy are profound.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

For we are vexed with ourselves when we give, and ashamed when we perjure ourselves, and get ill-fame from our advocacies, and are put to the blush, when we cannot fulfil our promises.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard




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