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advocated
 
Verb advocate has 2 senses
  1. recommend, urge, advocate - push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
    --1 is one way to propose, suggest, advise
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. preach, advocate - speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
    --2 is one way to urge, urge on, press, exhort
    Derived forms: noun advocator1, noun advocate1, noun advocacy1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
    Somebody ----s to somebody
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