proponent

Example Sentences

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The province of Alberta is for now is the project’s proponent, on the belief that private investors will jump in once political risk is mitigated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But Santander’s Stephen Stanley, a proponent of trimmed mean inflation models, cautions that this, too, may be poised to accelerate due to second-round effects from the oil shock and the ongoing impacts from higher tariffs.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He said he is a proponent of “Broken Windows” policing — the idea that enforcing lesser laws will reduce more serious offenses — and took a shot at Feldstein Soto’s handling of the data breach.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

At the signing on Saturday, Trump was surrounded by the typical coterie of administration officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime proponent of psychedelics.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

My mother had also been a big proponent of winter ice-cream cones.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth