Sentence examples for assertive advocate from inspiring English sources

Billy Hunter, 54, is the union's fourth executive director and arguably its most ambitious, assertive advocate.

Mary notes that while Rice will be more an assertive advocate than her predecessor Tom Donilan, "but she may be disappointed since [the slot usually goes to one who is] a synthesizer and buffer who implements the president's orders".

Among adults with SCD, women are approximately three times more likely to be employed than men [ 61], and are more likely to be employed if they did not perceive SCD to interfere with maintaining gainful employment; however, those who are more assertive in advocating for sick leave or work accommodations for their disease may be perceived negatively by employers and coworkers [ 61].

Mr Bolton, a 56-year-old lawyer, is an unapologetic advocate of assertive US global leadership and has insisted on holding Iran and North Korea to account for their nuclear activities, along with voicing an interest in seeing both governments removed.

And it was an issue Feinstein and Senator Mark Udall raised in a confirmation hearing months before Feinstein would advocate an assertive response to Snowden's claims in 2014.

Naudi advocates an assertive approach, such as politely telling your awkward workmate that you've noticed a problem and giving specific examples of how and when they were obstructive.

And with seats on the Foreign Relations Committee alongside advocates of assertive American foreign policy like Senator John McCain of Arizona, they have a platform to air their views, as they did this week in hearings on the security failures that led to the deaths of Americans at the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, and on the nomination of Senator John Kerry to be secretary of state.

3) Gender: There has been plenty of research arguing that women are less assertive and less willing to advocate a challenging position than men.

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At the time, Hillary Clinton was the leading advocate of such an assertive posture as Obama's Secretary of State.

He will face Stavros Malas, who has advocated for a more assertive stance to win better terms for the loans Cyprus needs, next Sunday.