"militate for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used when the speaker wants to say that something is an influence or argument which encourages a particular action or attitude. For example: "The evidence we have been presented with militates for the implementation of this new policy."
What factions inside their organization may militate for or against your relationship?
The importance of the town's biggest industry seems to militate for sticking with Britain.
These findings militate for increased attention and caution in clinical settings.
The yen forecast is much more difficult because the economic fundamentals militate for a weaker yen and stronger dollar.
When Ms Sturgeon refused to rule out a new referendum in a televised debate in Glasgow last month, the audience booed.Demographic factors also militate for patience.
Humanitarian dignity and equality promises to militate for reverse flows from the metropolis to the former coloniesl, but this is not politically feasible or ideologically acceptable.
The result, they confidently declare, militates for a lurch to the right.
Many fled to Romania and militated for an independent Macedonia in 1918, when Greater Romania was proclaimed.
"Lou" was a dedicated and inspiring teacher and an ardent political activist who militated for progressive causes throughout her long and meaningful life.
At the time of his death, Mr. Njawé was in the United States attending a meeting of Cameroonian expatriates militating for change in their country.
First, we might break the spurious link between our critique of the family wage and flexible capitalism by militating for a form of life that de-centres waged work and valorises unwaged activities, including – but not only – carework.
