stalwarts

noun

plural of stalwart
as in activists

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  1. activists
  2. supporters
  3. promoters
  4. champions
  5. advocates
  6. apostles
  7. zealots
Noun
  • For years, its players and agents and team officials and fans have argued that its professional athletes are, by their very existence, activists.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • An art installation by the Guerilla Girls, anonymous artist activists, invited fans to air their grievances on chalkboards.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of activists
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 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
Definition of promoters
Noun
  • The event returns to Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday with a full slate of matches and the possibility of new world champions being crowned in front of more than 40,000 people.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The international champions took the lead for good on a two-run double by Jaymiell Martina in the fourth.
    — Alex Harkins, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of champions
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
  • The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Seven Mountains has brought the language of spiritual warfare and demon-fighting into the mainstream of evangelicalism, through a network of pastors who view themselves as prophets and apostles engaged in a battle against evil secular forces.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of apostles
Noun
  • Continue reading … POWER RECLAIMED — Congress moves to unshackle states from California's ‘climate zealots’.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats looking for a way to reclaim their party can find inspiration in the career of Neil Kinnock, who in the mid-1980s rescued the British Labour Party from a determined band of sectarian zealots.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of zealots
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