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as in to adopt
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice
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Recent Examples of espouse
Traditionally, both parties have espoused the belief that the military should be nonpartisan.
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Helene Cooper, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
The young people were writing letters urging state lawmakers against voting for new immigration laws espoused by DeSantis.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
For the last four years or so, almost all political junkies on the right have been critical of virtually every word and deed that former President Joe Biden espoused.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
But Trump seems almost as equally committed to undermining his presidency through a combination of tactical and policy missteps: Appointing candidates to high office who are brazenly unqualified (Gaetz) or espouse exotic policies (Gabbard and Kennedy).
—Frank Lavin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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What would Smith’s commentary have been if Williams hadn’t been married?—
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Moore and Bruce Willis were married from 1987 to 2000.—
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The company's chief executive also adopted a new stock-trading plan.—
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By adopting this asynchronous model, organizations can overcome the challenges posed by the synchronous nature of SCIM processing.—
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Saldaña embraced the onset of the 2025 awards season with her red carpet look at the 2025 Golden Globes Awards.—
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This year, the one-day event will embrace Spanish-language music for the first time since the space began hosting multi-stage festivals in 2017.—
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Germany’s debt brake is a constitutional article that prevents the government from borrowing excessively and amassing debt.—
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In general, Trump seems to be borrowing from the playbook of past presidents (now generally reviled) like Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk.—
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“Espouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espouse. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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