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espouse

[ih-spouz, ih-spous] / ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs /




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“Maybe the government should be slower to espouse programs that it thinks will be the new wave,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Although government lawyers who espouse such theories should not be, on those grounds, subject to professional discipline, they can—and, I think, should—generally be shunned by the profession.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025

Campaigning in the Wisconsin primary in Milwaukee one morning, I heard Carter espouse one position on school busing that seemed to please a predominately Black church congregation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

"I would know of no school which would have an ethos that would espouse what you are suggesting," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

He had been much affected by her appeal to the child, and came back to urge her, if she had any friends to espouse her cause, to send for them.

From Delusion, or The Witch of New England by Lee, Eliza Buckminster




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