championed

verb

past tense of champion
as in advocated
to promote the interests or cause of he has always championed the protection of abused animals

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Recent Examples of championed Holscher said Masterson championed the cuts and cheered them on, putting his loyalty to Washington politicians ahead of the families he was elected to serve. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 Some online commentators have also pointed to images of protesters carrying Palestinian flags, a cause championed by left-leaning movements in France and globally. — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 Casey DeSantis championed Hope Florida, a state initiative meant to get people off state welfare by connecting them with churches and other nonprofits. — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates championed the idea; the tech mogul argued that by not taxing those tools, but still forking over payroll taxes on employee earnings, employers are incentivized to replace humans with machines. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 The company has long championed employees’ charitable giving by promising to match their donations. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 In Georgia, Wesley’s Law, championed by Laura and Larry Gay after their son’s death, required public schools to stock overdose-reversal medication such as naloxone. — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026 Chiuri was captivated by its founder, known as Mimì, who championed artists, musicians and performers across Europe and America. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, one of the accord’s signatories, has rejected calls for an industry-wide slowdown championed by the likes of Amodei and Altman. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for championed
  1. advocated
  2. endorsed
  3. supported
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  • 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
Definition of advocated
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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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