How to Use proponent in a Sentence

proponent

noun
  • The scheme is now circling the drain, but its proponents refuse to quit.
    Justin Pearson, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
  • That’s bad news for Schumer and other proponents of the No Kings Act.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • But Chuck was the biggest early adopter and proponent of Mayim.
    Keith Langston, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Those who are proponents of DEI cannot be deterred by the detractors.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But pooch proponents turned out in force at the meeting, talking up the park’s importance as an amenity in the city for more than two decades.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024
  • So force the agency to grant any lease app application from oil and gas drillers, which Mike DeWine has been a huge proponent of state parks.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Krug has long been a proponent of music pairings as a way to enhance its Champagnes.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The bitcoin bull, though, isn’t a proponent of any-and-all cryptocurrencies.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2022
  • TikTok has support from free speech proponents, who warned against banning the app.
    Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The main proponent of studded tires—Nokian—has put a lot of work into minimizing the downsides of studs.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This summer, she's also been a big proponent of the coastal grandmother trend.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Kardashian has been a longtime Beats user and a proponent of Beats Fit Pro.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Cora, who is a proponent of putting the ball in play, enjoyed seeing that perspective from Pham.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Hybrid work just gained another proponent in the back-to-work battle.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • 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
  • Giuliani was one of the leading proponents of false claims that widespread voter fraud contributed to Trump's loss in the 2020 election.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
  • 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
  • Mullins was a proponent of a rehabilitative approach for some offenders instead of jail time, according to a version of his obituary printed on the program for the service.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • However, proponents of recent changes say they are designed to ensure accuracy and boost public confidence in the system.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024

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