early proponent

collocation in English

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early
adjective
adverb
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/ˈɜː.li/us
/ˈɝː.li/
near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or ...
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proponent
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/prəˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan ...
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(Definition ofearlyandproponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was anearlyproponentof continental drift and the unauthodox expanding earth theory.
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He conducted hundreds of interviews of both enlisted men and officers regarding their combat experiences, and was anearlyproponentof oral history techniques.
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He seems to have been anearlyproponentof "prevention is better than cure" doctrine.
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He was anearlyproponentof women's rights, supporting women's education and social reform.
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He was anearlyproponentof the use of the microscope in the study of plants.
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White was anearlyproponentof the idea of design as being more than good looks.
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But he was also known as a master of avoiding detection by casinos, and as anearlyproponentof composition-dependent strategy and floating advantage.
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He was an influential artist of the cyberpunk aesthetic and anearlyproponentof the transition towards digital lifestyle.
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He was anearlyproponentof inoculation to prevent small pox.
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He became anearlyproponentof protection against loud noise and vibration.
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He was anearlyproponentof contextual architecture.
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Bruckner is also noted as anearlyproponentof the food web concept.
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He was anearlyproponentof the establishment of a state-sponsored body to promote improved farming standards and agricultural colleges.
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Wellinghoff was anearlyproponentof improving energy infrastructure to accommodate future demands from automobiles powered primarily by electricity.
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Faget also worked in obstetrics and became anearlyproponentof using anesthesia on pregnant women.
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Mill was also anearlyproponentof feminism.
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In so doing he became anearlyproponentof the allegorical method of reading texts.
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It was anearlyproponentof installation art.
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He was also anearlyproponentof the idea that gamma-ray bursts are at cosmological distances.
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