long-standing advocate

Frequency: 6.56.8 per million words

Describes someone who has been a supporter for a very long time.

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  • He is a long-standing advocate of workers' rights, having started his activism in the 1980s.
  • The senator, a long-standing advocate for environmental protection, introduced the new climate bill.
  • As a long-standing advocate of free speech, she was disappointed by the new censorship laws.
  • The community recognized her as a long-standing advocate for better public schools.
  • My grandmother has been a long-standing advocate for animal welfare, volunteering at shelters for over 30 years.
  • The conference featured several long-standing advocates of sustainable agriculture.
  • Even in his retirement, he remains a long-standing advocate of the arts in education.
  • The foundation was started by a long-standing advocate for children with disabilities.
  • Being a long-standing advocate doesn't automatically mean your ideas are always correct.
  • The politician built his career on being a long-standing advocate of fiscal responsibility.