espouse
verb
es·pouse
| \ i-ˈspau̇z also -ˈspau̇s
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espoused;
espousing
Definition of espouse
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Examples of espouse in a Sentence
The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.
Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.
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Democrats back social liberalism and tighter state control of corporations; Republicans espouse the opposite. — The Economist, "Socially liberal companies really do contribute more to Democrats," 29 Aug. 2019 No one should have ever espoused any form of socialism after the collapse of the pact and its tragic results. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Biden is in the lead because most Democrats reject socialism," 22 Aug. 2019 The result is that the party faithful will occasionally be exposed to some very good libertarian ideas—such as criticisms of bombing and spying on people—that both Ron and Rand Paul have espoused in their respective runs for the presidency. — Lucy Steigerwald, The New Republic, "Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future," 29 July 2019 And in the 1990s, Bill Clinton (in 1992) and Tony Blair (in 1997) led the Democratic and Labour Parties back into power while repudiating much of the philosophy the parties had espoused at mid-century. — David Kaiser, Time, "Donald Trump and Boris Johnson Rode the Same Wave Into Power. History Suggests the Parallels Won’t Stop There," 26 July 2019 But now, Twitter is finally acknowledging its responsibility in intervening when the President and other world leaders espouse dangerous rhetoric cloaked as free speech. — Anabel Pasarow, refinery29.com, "Trump’s Tweets Have Gotten So Bad That Twitter Might Start Giving Them Warning Labels," 28 June 2019 Getting to Gateway One need not regurgitate decades of space policy history to understand why NASA now espouses development of a lunar Gateway that will cost at a minimum $10 billion and almost certainly many multiples of that. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "NASA says it’s building a gateway to the Moon—critics say it’s just a gate," 6 Sep. 2018 Women and girls are under enormous societal pressure to be thin and that pressure is even harder to bear when a parent also espouses those ideals. — Cheryl Strayed, New York Times, "Is Avoiding My Body Issues an Issue?," 12 June 2018 That service-mindedness helps offset his disappointment with Washington politics, where the kind of compromise that legislators like former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole once espoused seems today to have become a dirty word. — Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, "Amid tariffs and floods, a farmer finds hope in the next crop of Kansans," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'espouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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espouse
verb
English Language Learners Definition of espouse
formal
: to express support for (a cause, belief, etc.)
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