How to Use proponent in a Sentence

proponent

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  • The scheme is now circling the drain, but its proponents refuse to quit.
    — Justin Pearson, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Peyton Reed was a proponent of Jonathan's from the very start.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Its proponents have not yet made clear how it might be tested in the lab.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Some proponents of these drug approvals say that as long as the drugs are safe, patients should have the option to choose to take the drug.
    — Jon Hu, STAT, 18 Dec. 2023
  • To be sure, Infantino has in the past been a vocal proponent of the women’s game.
    — Maddie Parker, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Schwartz is a proponent of the wide-9 defensive scheme.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, Ed Carpenter was the most vocal proponent.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • To pay for such projects, proponents hope to place a half-cent sales tax increase on the November 2024 ballot.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • Those who are proponents of DEI cannot be deterred by the detractors.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • TikTok has support from free speech proponents, who warned against banning the app.
    — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • To proponents of such work, there is no better way to home in on what mutations make a virus dangerous.
    — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The 7-on-7 tournaments, which Freeman has long been a proponent of playing in with his teams, have helped the Warriors improve, Seaborn said.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 4 July 2023
  • The paper written by its proponents makes that difficult to tell.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Like the proponents of the three-species hypothesis, Griebeler has challenged the T. rex precedent.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 1 June 2023
  • But civil liberties proponents have decried the use of drones to police the public.
    — Mark Morales, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Saying the city is failing La Jolla, proponents of the independence push are also pitching it as a boon to the rest of San Diego, too.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Zaidi has been a leading proponent for something to speed along the offseason.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The bill’s proponents said that would help connect homeless people with services.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Nutter was a vocal proponent of stop-and-frisk, as part of a larger program of crime deterrence.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The text of the bill, however, offered a preview of what proponents are advocating for.
    — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The comedian accepted that her feelings might come as a shock to those who know her as a proponent of a child-free lifestyle.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • Schwarzman is not a technologist but is one of the early backers of AI and a proponent of the technology.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Ban proponents are sounding a similar note this time around.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Haskell was a big supporter and proponent of this visual approach.
    — Jennifer E. Mabry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • At a basic level, some proponents point to the sense of wonder and appreciation of nature that could grow from the return of a creature like the dodo.
    — Alessandro Clemente, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2023
  • While proponents of the system testified that accidents were few, mishaps still took place.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • What led to that decision? Lil’ Kim has obviously been a huge sort of proponent of fashion.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Safety proponents oppose the provisions that allow holding the phone to your ear or fiddling with at a stoplight.
    — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Dean has been a high-profile proponent of addressing racial discrimination in the tax code and is coming out with a new book on the subject.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Her proponents see a balanced approach, but the strategy has opened her to criticism.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023

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