as in to advocate
to promote the interests or cause of
will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research
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About 13,000 undocumented seniors graduate high school in the state annually, according to the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, a university leaders’ group that advocates for immigrant students and conducts research on the effect of immigration policies on universities.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
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Advocates call it 'cruel,' 'lawless.’ More than 175 organizations that advocate for women’s and transgender rights blasted Donald Trump in a letter released Tuesday for his requirement that federal agencies only recognize two sexes, male and female.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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In 1973, the Annual Meeting endorsed the Davos Manifesto, a code of ethics for business leaders that lays out Schwab's principles of stakeholder capitalism.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] More than half of U.S. civilians tasked with evaluating a bombing target endorsed killing unidentified bystanders.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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Emily Baldoni is supporting her husband Justin Baldoni amid his ongoing legal battle with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
25 Jan. 2025
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