as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
Milton Friedman is usually cited as the leading American protagonist of monetarism
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Recent Examples of protagonist
Freewheeling in nature and with a knack for mixing eclectic cultures, Yang proposed a thoughtful collection with an irreverent edge, one consistently framed by Yang’s lineup of Asian female protagonists.
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Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
The Life List gets its name from its protagonist’s desire to do a bunch of the things her teenage self wanted to do.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The protagonist, pastor Sung Min-chan (Reply 1988 and Alienoid star Ryu Jun-yeol) has ex-convict Kwon Yang-rae (Shin Min-jae) and detective Lee Yeon-hui (Shin Hyun-bin) tied up on a top floor of a building project that will one day be a mega-church.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But neither the film nor Ryan Gosling’s assassin protagonist has lingered in the public memory.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
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Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
The Life List gets its name from its protagonist’s desire to do a bunch of the things her teenage self wanted to do.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The protagonist, pastor Sung Min-chan (Reply 1988 and Alienoid star Ryu Jun-yeol) has ex-convict Kwon Yang-rae (Shin Min-jae) and detective Lee Yeon-hui (Shin Hyun-bin) tied up on a top floor of a building project that will one day be a mega-church.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But neither the film nor Ryan Gosling’s assassin protagonist has lingered in the public memory.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protagonist
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However, proponents believe navel pulling can offer all these benefits and enhance overall vitality.2 Much of this practice is rooted in Ayurveda, an alternative approach to medicine that has existed for thousands of years.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
26 Mar. 2025
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Musk and other autonomous vehicle proponents have pushed for simpler rules and exemptions to restrictions on vehicles that don’t have human controls.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Foods That Will Keep You Full Without Spiking Your Blood Sugar Learn more about our advocates A Quick Review People with type 2 diabetes do not produce enough or resist insulin.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sellner has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of mothers in Germany.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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About forty per cent of the graduates of the Army’s infantry officer schools, Peri notes, come from the dati leumi, or nationalist Orthodox minority, many of them extremist yeshiva students and supporters of settlements.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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The good news for supporters of seven of the Premier League’s 20 clubs is that their lads will play for a trip to Wembley Stadium in next month’s FA Cup semi-finals at some point over the weekend.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, has been an eloquent exponent of this general view.—
Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
28 Mar. 2025
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That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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When stuck in a disagreement, step outside your own emotions and discuss the issue as if advising a close friend in the same situation.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Jaclyn, Kate, and Laurie There’s some fun stuff here, particularly once Laurie bails on her friends to see the fight with Valentin and the guys, then goes home with Aleksei.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Protagonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protagonist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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