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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
advocate . - noun Plural form of
advocate .
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Examples
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Strafford spoke a bitter criticism not only with regard to Maynard and Glyn, but with regard to the prevailing tone of the bar, when, describing the conduct of the advocates who managed his prosecution, he said: "Glynne and Maynard used me _like advocates_, but Palmer and Whitelock _like gentlemen_; and yet the latter left out nothing against me that was material to be urged against me."
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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The ministry said that the United States is interfering in China's internal affairs, as well, and sending false signals to what it called the advocates of Taiwanese independence.
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The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers to mentally disabled people as "retarded" - a term advocates, relatives and physicians find outdated and offensive.
Big Dogs House 2009
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Palin advocates for stronger marriages but pushes policies that weaken it (certainly not intentionally, I believe she is merely mistaken about the probable outcome of those policies).
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Do ‘Family Values’ Weaken Families?” 2010
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A pressing question amongst global health advocates is how to finance global health in the midst of this global economic recession?
Anand Reddi: Financing Global Health Aid and Protecting Wall Street: Enact a Financial Speculation Tax Anand Reddi 2010
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Grow up you Portland housing advocates is all I have to say.
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The point I hear trotted out all the time by Universal Health Care advocates is that poor uninsured people forgo preventative care and end up with serious conditions that require expensive treatment that inevitably is paid by the state anyway.
Downplaying the Uninsured, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But the real problem with low fat diets and their advocates is that there is no evidence that fat is bad for you, except for the very fats, polyunsaturated, that they advocated as “good” fats.
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Howe says the pressure from privacy advocates is bearing fruit.
Porn's Best Friend 2009
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A pressing question amongst global health advocates is how to finance global health in the midst of this global economic recession?
Anand Reddi: Financing Global Health Aid and Protecting Wall Street: Enact a Financial Speculation Tax Anand Reddi 2010
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