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
Gabriel is a true believer in Nike Monarchs, a style of 1990s sneaker that looks, well, like something your dad or grandfather might wear.
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Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
That’s a pretty big secret, one that’s been kept by Valya’s true believers for years and by Avila, whose loyalty to Valya appears to be grounded more in fear than respect.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
But the effect isn’t felt just among MAGA true believers.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
That’s a pretty big secret, one that’s been kept by Valya’s true believers for years and by Avila, whose loyalty to Valya appears to be grounded more in fear than respect.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
But the effect isn’t felt just among MAGA true believers.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for true believer
Noun
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Like today, partisans were divided over what colleges should teach.—
Johann Neem / Made by History,
TIME,
2 Jan. 2025
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This is particularly true in recent years, when partisans' views of crime have tended to change based on the party of the president.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Parts of Trump’s plan have some high-profile proponents: namely JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, the leader of the world’s largest bank.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, Senate Democrats blocked a bill that proponents said would ensure that newborns surviving abortions received medical care and critics said would add legal risks for doctors.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Today marks School Choice Week, a time when advocates of educational freedom highlight and promote the value of school choice.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
28 Jan. 2025
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But advocates say families need help accessing diapers, which are necessary for both child and maternal health and for families to survive financially, since any child in diapers must bring an adequate supply to day care.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hellboy himself is an anti-Nazi crusader in a world largely inspired by the fiction of the notoriously racist genius of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft.—
Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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At times, Fok appears like a crusader who wants to question the system that leaves victims like poor innocent Man in its wake.—
Richard Kuipers,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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And, bolstered by supporters, the mom was indeed successful in getting the Alabama Supreme Court to issue an administrative order excusing breastfeeding people, per local news outlet, KFYR-TV.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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But what Zhang, an artist and feminist activist, does with her story transforms it into a work of calmly bold modernism.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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An activist protests against President Donald Trump’s plan to stop most federal grants and loans during a rally near the White House on Jan. 28, 2025 in Washington, DC.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
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The tech giant has held talks with Warner Bros Discovery and other media majors about some form of collaboration and has also been a white knight for bankrupt regional sports network owner Diamond Sports Group.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Dec. 2024
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Should the approach from Foxconn turn hostile after a rebuff, Honda also offered to protect Nissan as a white knight investor, Nikkei said.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune Asia,
19 Dec. 2024
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Djokovic, who has mastered the art of winning the first four rounds of a major with as little trouble as possible over his career, is the greatest exponent of Grand Slam pacing the sport has ever seen.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to the authors of a preprint posted to the physics arXiv in February, however, recent biological research suggests a higher scaling exponent of 3 known as Murray's Law, for the rule of trees.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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