"advocate" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it to describe someone who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. For example: "She is a passionate advocate for animal rights.".
Unfortunately that's how many have perceived the religious community to be involved, to advocate for privatizing education and the redirecting of funds through vouchers".
Government scientists, drawing on data from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, used to visit schools to check thyroids and radioactivity levels, recalled Peterson, another advocate.
McBride, who has a reputation as a robust advocate, had previously acted for the club's manager at a high-profile disciplinary hearing before the Scottish FA.
But it is not the first time journalists have been deliberately targeted: Serb television was bombed during the Kosovo conflict because it was seen as an agent and advocate of state terrorism.
Herbal medicines are used by about a quarter of adults in the UK, the market is worth at least £485m, and they have a powerful advocate in Prince Charles.
Leading human rights lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside QC has told the ABC that the Australian government's holding of 153 asylum seekers on a customs boat at sea may amount to piracy.
He is an advocate of open data science and an adviser to a London-based startup, CitizenMe, that aims to allow users to reclaim their digital soul.
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