1
as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
they were true believers in an antimaterialist lifestyle, as evidenced by their lack of possessions
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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion
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Recent Examples of true believer
In their place is a team of loyalists who may occasionally disagree on policy, but are true believers in his instincts, especially after his remarkable comeback.
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Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But the litigious billionaire and his cadre of true believers soon pivoted to another talking point, claiming that unusual build of the Cybertruck prevented a worse outcome.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
According to former Sotheby’s rainmaker Gabriela Palmieri, one reason the auction houses suffered was a lack of true believers.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
His picks for the incoming administration are widely viewed as loyal, trusted, MAGA true believers who are eager to enact an agenda heavy on disruption.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
But the litigious billionaire and his cadre of true believers soon pivoted to another talking point, claiming that unusual build of the Cybertruck prevented a worse outcome.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
According to former Sotheby’s rainmaker Gabriela Palmieri, one reason the auction houses suffered was a lack of true believers.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 31 Dec. 2024
His picks for the incoming administration are widely viewed as loyal, trusted, MAGA true believers who are eager to enact an agenda heavy on disruption.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for true believer
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Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense.—
Mike Madrid,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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As the Germans waged a savage war against Soviet partisans, the partisans, in turn, established their own reign of terror over collaborators and seized scarce food supplies from local villagers.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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There’s much misinformation about who actually pays tariffs Trump is a proponent of tariffs, insisting that they are paid for by foreign countries.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, is also a staunch free speech proponent.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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The crackdown drew criticism from free speech advocates and intensified national debates over the rights of students to engage in political activism.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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His first son, Lincoln Gabriel, died by suicide in 2013, turning his father into a suicide-prevention advocate.—
Nora Gámez Torres and,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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A number of fans seem to believe that the shift can be attributed to his portrayal of Gotham City's caped crusader in Matt Reeves' 2022 reboot of the DC character.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Later, Christian crusaders built citadels along the coast that went on to be repurposed by Muslim Ottoman rulers.—
Daniele Hamamdjian,
NBC News,
17 Nov. 2024
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On Wednesday, Lyle Menendez reacted to the news to his supporters and family in a Facebook post.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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The unprecedented Oval Office meeting has since drawn widespread attention, with some Trump supporters praising him, others expressing concern, and many international leaders and Democrats criticizing the president and voicing support for Zelensky.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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For Ethan Levine, an activist and member of RAINN’s speakers bureau, who is transgender, RAINN's removal of the survivors' stories was insulting.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Chinese Communist Party leaders have accused the NED of trying to destabilize the country by supporting Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Kong human rights activists.—
Frank Langfitt,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
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Sports leagues hope that streamers will be the white knight.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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The trouble is, there is little agreement about a solution — and certainly no white knight about to ride to the rescue.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Brutalism is once again the matter of mainstream discourse with the release of The Brutalist, a three-and-a-half-hour film about an exponent of the style named Lászlo Tóth.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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An exponent of decadent literature, D’Annunzio, too, raised an army, in 1919, and even tried to establish an independent state in a part of what is now Croatia.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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