championed

verb

past tense of champion
as in advocated
to promote the interests or cause of he has always championed the protection of abused animals

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Recent Examples of championed On Thursday, Woodward and other people Lamb championed helped lay the trailblazer to rest. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Roman, named after the woman at NASA who championed the Hubble telescope, will run explorational laps around the 36-year-old observatory. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Nvidia, which is set to purchase Hugging Face for $13 billion, has also long championed physical AI. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Baby of the Year is championed by longtime Baby2Baby board member Jessica Alba, and Baby2Baby Angels Paris Hilton and Jenna Dewan. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Wiener has long championed making housing easier to build, but in San Francisco resisting development is a bedrock cause for those on the city’s left. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Sports media and pop culture largely championed his national anthem protests. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 The musician also championed literacy in young people through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which aims to spark an interest in reading by giving free books to children, from birth to age five, per its site. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Commanders had publicly championed the program in congressional testimony and defense journals. — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for championed
  1. advocated
  2. endorsed
  3. supported
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  • The term has roots in the looksmaxxing community, which has advocated for some extreme methods to achieve physical attractiveness.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Environmental groups advocated for SB 954 over concerns that the CEQA exemption could allow heavily polluting facilities to bypass environmental review.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of advocated
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  • Circana found 35% of Gen Z and millennials discover new nonalcoholic beverages on social media, and 28% have tried an alcohol-free drink because a celebrity or influencer endorsed it.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • On the call, Musk endorsed Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform, and said SpaceX would build its AI data centers exclusively using Nvidia chips.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of endorsed
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  • Beyond the playa, the team has helped with disaster relief through the Grassroots Aid Partnership, including work after Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, and has supported the Moonlight Orphanage in Uganda.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Some flagship smartphones from a few years ago have supported reverse wireless charging.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of supported

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“Championed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/championed. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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