publicly defend
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
to support or argue for something in front of other people
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Examples (10)
- The senator was forced to publicly defend his voting record during the heated debate.
- Despite the backlash, the CEO continued to publicly defend the company's new policy.
- She felt it was her moral duty to publicly defend her colleague against false accusations.
- The author will publicly defend her controversial new book on a talk show tomorrow.
- He has never been afraid to publicly defend his unconventional beliefs.
- As a scientist, you must be able to publicly defend your research methodology and findings.
- The decision was so unpopular that no one was willing to publicly defend it.
- The coach publicly defended his players after their disappointing loss.
- It takes a lot of courage to publicly defend an idea that goes against the mainstream.
- The government spokesperson is expected to publicly defend the new legislation in a press conference.