forbidden word: advocacy
advocacy n. Susan B. Anthony was famed for her advocacy of equal rights for women: championship, campaigning for, pleasing the case of, speaking out for, support, supporting, backing, espousal, pressing for, advancement, furthering, promotion, propogation; recommendation, endorsement, defense
Ant. opposition; combatting, assault, attacking.
from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.
example sentences for advocacy from Thesaurus.com
Example Sentences
The plaintiff, Jonathan Little, asserts that Nancy Hogshead, the 1984 gold-medal swimmer who now heads the advocacy organization Champion Women, was in sync with the harassment of Little by the SafeSport Center.
From Salon
If Martin Luther King Jr. hadn’t been assassinated, might he have succeeded at marrying his anti-war and economic inequality work with the civil rights advocacy for which he remains famous?
From Salon
Healthcare advocacy groups are banding together to campaign against Medicaid cuts in Washington, arguing that seniors and disabled people stand to lose the most if Medi-Cal, the state version of Medicaid, is gutted.
From Los Angeles Times
“These reckless layoffs will sow chaos and confusion throughout our nation’s public school system,” said Guillermo Mayer, president and CEO of Public Advocates, a California-based law firm and advocacy group.
From Los Angeles Times
March 16, 2025
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I covered a protest against Tesla, Musk, and Trump over the weekend.
I have faith things will change for the better though. As Patti Smith sang, “People have the power to wrestle the earth from fools.”
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As long as people remember we have the power – things will change for the better. I hope. I was thinking of “People have the Power” too!
I’m so glad people are protesting. Slowly waking up!
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Be the advocate / for active advocacy / and the light of truth
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yay
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