Advocates

Word ADVOCATES
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈæd.və.keɪts/

Definitions and meanings of "Advocates"

What do we mean by advocates?

Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.

A person who speaks in support of something.

A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

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The word "advocates" in example sentences

Strafford spoke a bitter criticism not only with regard to Maynard and Glyn, but with regard to the prevailing tone of the bar, when, describing the conduct of the advocates who managed his prosecution, he said: "Glynne and Maynard used me _like advocates_, but Palmer and Whitelock _like gentlemen_; and yet the latter left out nothing against me that was material to be urged against me." ❋ John Cordy Jeaffreson (1866)

The ministry said that the United States is interfering in China's internal affairs, as well, and sending false signals to what it called the advocates of Taiwanese independence. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers to mentally disabled people as "retarded" - a term advocates, relatives and physicians find outdated and offensive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A pressing question amongst global health advocates is how to finance global health in the midst of this global economic recession? ❋ Anand Reddi (2010)

Palin advocates for stronger marriages but pushes policies that weaken it (certainly not intentionally, I believe she is merely mistaken about the probable outcome of those policies). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The point I hear trotted out all the time by Universal Health Care advocates is that poor uninsured people forgo preventative care and end up with serious conditions that require expensive treatment that inevitably is paid by the state anyway. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the real problem with low fat diets and their advocates is that there is no evidence that fat is bad for you, except for the very fats, polyunsaturated, that they advocated as “good” fats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Misinformed Bullet Train advocates, like Oberstar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Howe says the pressure from privacy advocates is bearing fruit. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unlike the many books that suggest middle-aged men are such emotional-waste cases, and that moms have to make the difference with their sons, Raising Cain advocates a balanced approach to parenting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Marijuana legalization advocates from the left and right clashed at a 43rd District Democrats forum in the U. District last night. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Grow up you Portland housing advocates is all I have to say. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Demanding personal information about advocates is nothing more than an attempt to devalue the substance of a proposal by discrediting the messenger (s). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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