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noun

advocacy

active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with advocacy, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clinic's advocacy for unrepresented tenants filled the courthouse hallway with volunteers every Tuesday morning.

    Law

  • Patient advocacy groups raised money for the trial and pushed the regulator to review the results faster.

    Medicine

  • Decades of advocacy by local fishermen kept the estuary undredged, with petitions, hearings, and letters to every council member.

    Environment

  • Her advocacy for the bike lanes meant speaking at every council meeting for two years before the final vote.

    Politics

  • The group's advocacy for more school counselors won funding once parents testified about the length of the waiting lists.

    Psychology

  • The foundation's advocacy for open standards is why the file format can still be read twenty years later.

    Technology

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