advocated
Example Sentences
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Strategy head Michael Saylor has advocated for aggressively buying bitcoin and holding onto it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"She consistently advocated for women's rights, standing in solidarity with the people of Iran and amplifying the message of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement on the global stage," it said.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
“I have long opposed private detention facilities and advocated against them. I will continue to call for the closure of Delaney Hall because of reports like these.”
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Work group members advocated for a “systemwide reexamination of standardized testing, as many peer institutions have already done.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
As Martin J. S. Rudwick puts it, "No geologist of any nationality whose work was taken seriously by other geologists advocated a timescale confined within the limits of a literalistic exegesis of Genesis."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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