promoters

noun

plural of promoter
as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause a promoter of greater understanding and cooperation among churches

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Recent Examples of promoters The festival, hosted by Olivia Rodrigo at the Great Park, was a spiritual successor to Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair of the late ‘90s, born out of frustration with promoters and radio stations that refused to play two female artists in a row. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Cover for cancellations caused by the conflict can be difficult to obtain, potentially leaving promoters exposed to huge losses. — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The promoters also raised ticket prices 15 to 20 percent for the Sprint-format finale. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 The tech experts and leadership promoters are easier to identify. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026 The idea sometimes asserted by promoters that asset protection planning can allow a person to decrease their insurance coverage is false. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Those recommendations can expose investors to steep losses, particularly when promoters use their audiences to inflate a token's price before selling their own holdings, a practice commonly known as a pump-and-dump scheme. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 The order is the latest in a long-running SEBI probe into Zee’s promoters. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for promoters
  1. proponents
  2. supporters
  3. advocates
  4. exponents
Noun
  • The gloves deliver can an electrical shock strong enough to drop a strong man to his knees in an instant, and proponents say the gloves provide a fast and non-lethal way to subdue a person.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The memo is a bit surprising considering Gates still advises Microsoft, one of the major proponents of the technology, and an investor in OpenAI.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • Was The Friedkin Group's decision not to sell the homegrown midfielder a victory for those loyal supporters who campaigned to keep him?
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Capcom has proven itself to be one of the platform's biggest supporters, bringing nearly all of its new and old releases to the platform.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • The Paper Receipts Converting Association, a trade group of US manufacturers, pushes back against anti-receipt legislation and advocates for paper receipts as a consumer right, not a relic.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Industry insiders and progressive advocates alike are beginning to acknowledge the reality that the clean energy evolution that offers the most hope for addressing climate change is one that requires society to use every available solution.
    — M Douglas Dagan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • His mind didn’t go blank; rather, all the what-ifs multiplied like exponents, crowding his thoughts and rendering him unable to envision anything else.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Of course, Huang wasn’t talking to just anyone, but one of the chief exponents of the wealth tax, nationwide and in California.
    — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of exponents

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“Promoters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/promoters. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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