How to Use advocacy in a Sentence

advocacy

noun
  • That advocacy helped cement the link between birds and the Audubon brand.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Tens of thousands of children have been born in the camps since 2017, advocacy groups say.
    — Molpasorn Shoowong, NBC News, 4 July 2022
  • While the music and advocacy were paramount, so many outstanding looks filled the grounds of the Black Star Square.
    — Ekow Barnes, Essence, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Their advocacy was spurred by the school shooting that took place on May 24, when 19 children and two teachers were killed.
    — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The reporter took something that is peer-to-peer advocacy and put it on a community and events.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • Her later years were marked by her advocacy for research for Alzheimer's, which plagued Ronald Reagan for a decade.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This wasn’t the first time Musk has threatened legal action against an advocacy group.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The move was in response to a lawsuit filed by two unions and an advocacy group on Monday against the Treasury Department.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Thanks to the advocacy of Common Cause Rhode Island, politicians in the state have to disclose travel paid for by third parties.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Some states and safety advocacy groups have pushed back, calling for that language to be struck from the manual.
    — Ian Duncan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Jill Biden’s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s death in 2015 from brain cancer.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In a news release Thursday, local advocacy groups applauded the EPA’s stance, and urged the city to submit a plan that meets the agency’s demands.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2023
  • Saving the day, though, will be activists with Chicago For EV, an advocacy group for the vehicles.
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
  • You’ve been involved with mental health advocacy for over two decades.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But instead it’s been whiplash, as courts grapple with a host of legal challenges by gun owners and advocacy groups.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Some consumer advocacy groups argue that shadowy backers could make large bets to shift the odds and later spread doubts about the results.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The initial release came as the court granted a request by a news media advocacy group to unseal more of the record since aspects of the case have become public.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Several saw it as a vindication of their cause and of years of advocacy work.
    — Ken Moritsugu and Jamey Keaten, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The nonprofit advocacy group was not involved in the new report.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Matt and Charlie took the time to speak to Joao about his perspective, and what emerged was a thoughtful and nuanced look at the weight of advocacy and the normalcy behind milestones.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Now, some of the largest advocacy groups in music are looking to get in front of the tech and ensure a future in which AI doesn’t replace human music creators.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The Anti-Defamation League, an advocacy group that combats antisemitism, ripped Tlaib for a previous use of the phrase in 2020.
    — Brandon Gillespie, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Lorentz said the group’s two-day trip to Washington is only the beginning of their advocacy campaign.
    — Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • McGlynn noted in his ruling that the gun-rights advocacy groups who asked for the injunction will still have a chance to argue why the ban and its registry should not be enforced.
    — Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune (tns), arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
  • At the same time, Roberts, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, was also noticing a glaring gap in the sustainability advocacy space.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Patient advocacy groups are built of good people with good intentions and great loss.
    — Jon Hu, STAT, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Treg Taylor is working solely on the advocacy arm, Church said.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Like in Texas and Iowa, advocacy groups are concerned that law enforcement would turn to racial profiling to enforce it.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Robert Prinz is the advocacy director at Bike East Bay, with more than 15 years of experience in local, regional and statewide transportation issues.
    — Robert Prinz, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Sophia Bush, widely celebrated for her activism and advocacy, is using her platform to shed light on an issue every woman faces but few openly discuss: the challenges of perimenopause.
    — Chloe Castleberry, Flow Space, 27 Mar. 2025

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