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espousal

[ih-spau-zuhl, -suhl] / ɪˈspaʊ zəl, -səl /


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Scorsese’s public espousal of this technology marks the latest shift in attitude about AI from powerful Hollywood creatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

As Travis Adkins and Judd Devermont recently pointed out in Foreign Policy, Cold Warriors both Black and White were painfully aware of the contradictions of their ringing espousal of freedom.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020

But, he added, espousal of those values by American officials “is neither 100 percent cynical, nor is it inconsequential.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018

In our book “Queer Wars,” Jon Symons and I traced the current backlash back to the espousal of “Asian values” by Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yew and Malaysia’s Mohammed Mahathir in the early 1990s.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2016

If she had indulged in any innocent expectation of benefit from such brilliant espousal of her cause she was disappointed.

From A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele




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