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promote

[pruh-moht] / prəˈmoʊt /




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Over the past decade, medications designed to promote weight loss have transformed obesity treatment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Mop Up Michigan coalition describes the initiative as a step to promote campaign-finance transparency and prevent corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The wearing of fur is a controversial subject within fashion circles, with publications and fashion brands choosing not to use or promote it several years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Even so, he appeared with the mayor at his upscale Palisades Village shopping center Tuesday to promote a new program to streamline city utility services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her brown skin looks glossy today, probably from whatever moisturizer she’s being paid to promote on her wildly popular Instagram.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

They need to socialize a language of accountability that promotes rule of law, democracy, and due process while eschewing talk of retribution, retaliation, or political payback.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

The two jobs are so far apart that success in one means failure in the other, because the former promotes independent thought, the latter conformity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The office “takes seriously its responsibility to protect public funds and hold itself to the standards of accountability it promotes across state government,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now he is championing a "people-led" movement that promotes the protection of human rights and rule of law as enshrined in the constitution.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

What is it that promotes an invention’s acceptance by a society?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Cat’s claw has been promoted to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, viral infections and other conditions, according to the integrative health center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It promoted ACOT1's destruction through the ubiquitin‒proteasome system, a cellular mechanism that marks proteins for removal and breaks them down.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Somehow the team got promoted, we had to go professional, and the plan had to be scrapped," Surwaso told Piers Morgan's Football Uncensored Podcast this month.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The previous year my mother had been promoted into a clean section, where she worked cutting drumsticks and thighs off the bodies of the chickens.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

While Sullivan and the Catholic Church reject the possibility of AI consciousness and moral status, others believe studying the topic is of critical importance to promoting AI safety.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Amazon, the largest US online retailer, has taken a harder line, blocking third-party shopping agents while promoting its own AI tools such as Alexa for Shopping and its Buy for Me feature.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Our study elucidates LPC70's role in PG signaling, laying the groundwork for future clinical research and dietary interventions aimed at reducing hypertension-related cognitive decline and promoting healthy aging globally," concluded Prof. Mouri.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

This is the fourth installment of this movement over the last year or so, each promoting a different message.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Here are people who have spent their lives promoting youthful beauty, making everyone over the age of thirty feel like an open sore.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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