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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 espoused
Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Niccol has espoused the hopes of returning Starbucks to a cozy third space, away from the image of being a hurried pitstop to pick up a morning espresso, and toward 1990s nostalgia of lingering over a latte.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
The interview drew widespread backlash, including from MAGA figures such as Texas Senator Ted Cruz, for giving a platform to extremist views—Fuentes has espoused Holocaust denial and white nationalist ideology.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Moreover, in an example of catering to domestic political pressures, the PCA incorporated the values espoused by the powerful white supremacist southern political lobby into its code.
—Time, 18 Nov. 2025
The theory has long been espoused by White supremacists.
—Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 17 Nov. 2025
The movie follows the irrepressible leader, who espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
But Ellison — son of Oracle multibillionaire Larry Ellison — has routinely espoused taking a tech-forward Silicon Valley approach to managing a major media company, by using big data and automation.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
In the past, Musk has espoused paying penalties rather than waiting for approvals as a way of doing business.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Unfortunately, the Obama and Biden administrations pushed the reformist line (the Reformist line espoused by Rouhani and Khatami).
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for espoused
Adjective
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The two were married for two years before Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024.—
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Tarek, who was previously married to Haack from 2009 to 2016, married Heather in 2021.—
Verb
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Giffords wore a recycled Vera Wang gown borrowed from a family friend, a choice that reflected her commitment to environmental sustainability.—
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Wheelchair-accessible ramps and pathways are located throughout the resort, and beach wheelchairs can be borrowed at the Coronado lifeguard station.—
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Now, for about five years, she's adopted the method for herself.—
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Many use-of-force policies adopted by police departments endorse that principle.—
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However, baseball has now fully embraced technologies such as data analytics and AI for performance analysis.—
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Two readers left five-star reviews and shared their own freezer methods, so this is certainly a technique embraced by the Southern Living community.—
Adjective
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Shortly after spurning his conjugal love tent vehicle, Colby received a call from Pontiac with a proposition.—
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The figures include Abigail Abbot Bailey, an eighteenth-century New Englander whose efforts to leave her abusive husband, Asa, were hindered not just by strictures against divorce but also by the prevailing attitudes toward conjugal desire.—
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Yancey was open about his marital challenges Yancey had faced a series of massive personal challenges in recent years.—
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The couple had publicly but lovingly described some marital difficulties, yet there were still few outward signs the divorce was coming.—
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“Espoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/espoused. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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