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as in advocate
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
an outspoken herald of prison reform
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as in harbinger
one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another
the American robin—the herald of spring in the North
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as in to foreshadow
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come
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as in to announce
to make known openly or publicly
herald the great tidings to all the world
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Recent Examples of herald
Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
If Wired of the 2010s was the cheerful herald of a shiny, happy future (not a judgment!), this piece is its indignant child, pointing accusingly at the mess.
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
The Tuesday, April 29, stand-up show will herald the April 29-May 4 SeriesFest, which is held at Denver’s Sie FilmCenter and offers public screenings of new shows.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025
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But the odds can be predictive of what to expect and a way to get invested in games that matter primarily as heralds of what is to come.
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Now, at the garment district headquarters of the brand, the whole world and their mother showed up to herald the American brand’s return under the new stewardship of creative director Veronica Leoni, the first woman to take the lead.
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Matar was arrested the same day and was ultimately charged with the stabbing of Rushdie and Henry Reese, a 75-year-old entrepreneur and advocate for international writers who was on the stage alongside the author.—
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Homeless advocates are expecting a future sweep near Colfax Street and Arden Way in the coming days.—
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While big investments to mitigate climate change have been made by both Congress and the Minnesota Legislature, environmentalists continue sounding the alarm and point to this toasty winter as a harbinger of things to come should no further action be taken on that front.—
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But both contenders prove to be imperfect harbingers of progress.—
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Specifically, the credits now foreshadow particular moments that emerge over the course of the season: Look no further than the moment when innie Mark hobbles about a hilly grassland, which turns to be an actual milieu for a scene anchored by Gwendoline Christie in episode three.—
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However, other developments in 2024 may foreshadow unexpected outcomes on immigration in 2025.—
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The school announced that Faulkner, along with other donors, gave gifts to the Camden Scholars Program.—
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Since Trump has taken office, Musk announced that USAID would shut down.—
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The 43-year-old former football player has been a longtime, outspoken proponent of LGBTQ rights.—
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Indirect-cost rates are controversial: The proportion of NIH funding that has gone to them has grown over time, and proponents of trimming overhead argue that doing so would make research more efficient.—
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Equally, it was never considered by bid organizers to be a forerunner in bids to host the 2022 and 2026 men’s World Cup, the latter of which was successful and will be shared next year with Canada and Mexico.—
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While Cal State Fullerton isn’t the first campus to launch a Project Rebound program, the university has been among the forerunners in its expansion, becoming a model for Project Rebound programs at the other universities in the CSU system.—
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That’s the part that’s really difficult to predict and build into an analysis.—
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Fundamental research in the biology of branching helps cure cardiovascular diseases and cancer, design materials that can heal themselves and predict how trees will respond to a changing climate.—
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Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. has proclaimed its missile defenses were not meant to block an incoming attack from China or Russia, just loose North Korean ones.—
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Both actively and publicly proclaimed their imperialist or ethnocentric views.—
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“Herald.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herald. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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