key supporter

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandsupporter

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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supporter
noun[C]
uk
/səˈpɔː.tər/us
/səˈpɔːr.t̬ɚ/
someone who supports a particular idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofkeyandsupporterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For each subject one informal supporter was identified as thekeysupporter, providing most help.
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We expect to remain a firm andkeysupporterof the enlargement process in the coming months.
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The resident andkeysupportershould normally be amongst those involved in such reviews.
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Weinberger was akeysupporterof the program.
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He was also akeysupporterof the anti-conscription movement of this time.
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Oberholtzer was akeysupporterof this project, helping to write its constitution.
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This paper reports only responses to initial interviews with key supporters.
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Nominated key supporters were approached three months after the screening interview with the subject and invited to participate in an interview themselves.
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The theory was most popular from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth but retained some key supporters into the twentieth century.
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Follow-up interviews with key supporters were conducted at six months, one year and two years after the initial interview.
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As the key supporters of older people, the women faced new pressures from the currently rapid social transformations, several of which stem from unco-ordinated and even contradictory public policies.
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The key supporters of small firms are bank managers and accountants.
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Full-time field organizers and volunteer district captains engage key supporters in targeted local areas to build support for national service.
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She quickly garnered numerous key supporters including many past and present elected officials.
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Family members and key supporters monopolized key positions in the government and military.
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Shahumyan's support had eroded and many of his key supporters abandoned him.
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