prominent advocate

collocation in English

meaningsofprominentandadvocate

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prominent
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈprɑː.mə.nənt/
very well known ...
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advocate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæd.və.kət/us
/ˈæd.və.kət/
a lawyer who defends someone in a ...
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(Definition ofprominentandadvocatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Dyer is probably the mostprominentadvocateof the importance of small towns, and his is truly an interdisciplinary approach.
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In public-policy debates he has been aprominentadvocateof a policy of currency undervaluation as a tool of development.
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She has been aprominentadvocateof women and children's rights.
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He developed an interest in labour issues with a strong belief in nationalist policies as well as becoming aprominentadvocateagainst conscription.
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Hussain is aprominentadvocateof greater minority participation in the armed forces.
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He became aprominentadvocateof a national bank as a means of providing cheap credit for farmers and small businessmen.
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She is aprominentadvocatefor human rights.
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He is aprominentadvocatefor alternatives to incarceration for offenders as well as for the de-institutionalization of individuals with developmental disabilities.
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Later in the same year, she was aprominentadvocateof a comprehensive $139-million riverfront park strategy.
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He is the mostprominentadvocateof the theory that the quipus encode linguistic as well as numerical information.
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Plotkin is aprominentadvocateof crowd-funding for high-quality public media.
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Quincy was admitted to the bar in 1793, but was never aprominentadvocate.
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Mack was also been aprominentadvocatefor greater congressional oversight of government activities related to surveillance.
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Howse became aprominentadvocatethe social gospel movement.
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Sands is aprominentadvocatefor biomedical research, especially embryonic stem cell research.
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Worthington subsequently emerged as aprominentadvocatefor patient safety, and said that doctors should be monitored by independent observers.
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I have recently read speeches by prominent advocates of unilateral nuclear disarmament who have produced this argument.
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It certainly shows that he was one of the most prominent advocates of that system.
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