advocated

verb

past tense of advocate
as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of environmentalists advocating agricultural methods designed to slow the destruction of rain forests

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Recent Examples of advocated Lula signed into law a measure raising the revenue threshold for individual microentrepreneurs, proposed new initiatives to renegotiate consumer debt and advocated ending online betting, whose expansion has contributed to household indebtedness. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 The fire department has long advocated for its own training center, Bitchakdjian said. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 The groups actively advocated for a bill that pushing for greater transparency on the implementation of campus protest rules at California’s public universities. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Zelenskyy — who for months has publicly advocated for peace talks — argues that giving up land would leave Ukraine more vulnerable to future attacks. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Lauren Shields advocated to increase organ donation through Department of Motor Vehicle signups, and lower the age to become a donor to 16. — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Lindsay Humphreys advocated for the industry to move from brand-to-land partnerships to a brandscape-to-landscape model. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 The next day, March 3, Shirts advocated for another constitutional convention resolution, this time to amend the constitution to impose congressional term limits. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2026 The community advocated a spiritual life and represented their idea of an earthly paradise. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advocated
  1. endorsed
  2. supported
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  • The judge handling last month endorsed a proposal by the suit's plaintiff to notify potential class members to submit claims on the settlement by conducting a four-week-long social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • These new lines of thought, which have gained prominence among influential defense intellectuals and policy experts close to the Kremlin over the past year do not need to be endorsed in formal security doctrine to matter.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of endorsed
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  • Historically, the Ford Foundation supported civil rights lawsuits beginning in the late 1960s and helped build public interest law into a field of its own.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Du Halgouët said the region’s performance was supported by retail sales at its own-brand stores, while the company’s focus on higher-value products, particularly leather goods and jewelry, helped cushion the decline.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of supported

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“Advocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advocated. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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