as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
a fervent apostle of universal health care
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In just three minutes, Morello connects references to New Testament apostles and the Clash to Black History Month and a coming earthquake — all over a funky, heavy riff.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
But television would discover Campbell only at the end of his life, in the Eighties, long after the apostles of myth had become, at least in the academy, yesterday’s men.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Buckminster Fuller: Captain of Spaceship Earth Even apostles of the future end up as historical figures: a critical view of R. Buckminster Fuller as the Captain of Spaceship Earth.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Start at Capela das Almas, an 18th-century church covered with blue-and-white azulejos (added in 1929) depicting divine episodes filled with saints, apostles, magi and cherubs.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
But television would discover Campbell only at the end of his life, in the Eighties, long after the apostles of myth had become, at least in the academy, yesterday’s men.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
Buckminster Fuller: Captain of Spaceship Earth Even apostles of the future end up as historical figures: a critical view of R. Buckminster Fuller as the Captain of Spaceship Earth.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Start at Capela das Almas, an 18th-century church covered with blue-and-white azulejos (added in 1929) depicting divine episodes filled with saints, apostles, magi and cherubs.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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“Apostle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostle. Accessed 11 Aug. 2024.
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