- present participle of advocate.
advocating
Example Sentences
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“The industry and its customers deserve a dedicated voice in Washington, D.C., advocating for policies that enable innovation and address the needs of today’s consumers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“A major thing we were advocating for was safety. Whether you ride the bus or not, safe streets are in everyone’s interest,” Sweeney said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hegseth had in fact initiated much of this modernisation plan but subsequently came into conflict with Driscoll, according to reports, as well as with others advocating its rapid expansion.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She helps facilitate the Outdoor Equity program aimed at helping young people of color find belonging in outdoor spaces through hiking, camping, and kayaking, while advocating around environmental racism and access to nature.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
He interpreted Bodin, quite wrongly, as advocating a very large sphere of earth floating in a sphere of water, thus retaining the core principles of a traditional Aristotelian argument.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
