advocate

Example Sentences

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When it emerged that the Lord Advocate had given Swinney important information on the case many months before it became public, including the scale of the embezzlement, opposition parties at Holyrood were furious.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

And it undermines Rhode Island’s sovereign authority to defend its laws and institutions through an official state agency, the Child Advocate.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

But the concept’s meaning is “widely misunderstood,” according to Collins, the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Advocate depute Chris McKenna previously told the court that the 15-year-old girl had spent the evening at a friend's home before walking along Lothian Road to a bus stop.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Blocks away, where newly built mixed-income homes sat next to picturesque buildings like the gothic Church of the Advocate, built in 1887, was the direction the neighborhood wanted to go.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore