boosters

noun

plural of booster
as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs

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Recent Examples of boosters Four tapered boosters surrounded a central core, with all five sections firing together. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 Company adoption has proved slower than some of the boosters promised. — Matt Peterson,kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 But tensions have opened up between data center boosters and some community organizations that want to see more jobs and economic benefits go to local residents, especially predominantly poor Hispanic farm and food processing workers. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026 Some college boosters and coaches had long found ways to pay choice recruits or their families. — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 These are effectively boosters that can improve your score, however only one chip can be used in any gameweek. — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Count Charlotte Sherbeyn, 59, among those opposed, though the longtime resident welcomes the economic boom promised by Natrium's boosters. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth shortly after liftoff for recovery and reuse, as such boosters commonly do. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026 While boosters seek to help their favorite team recruit top players and win championships, MMRs are not aligned with any particular school and simply want to turn a profit. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boosters
  1. proponents
  2. supporters
  3. advocates
Noun
  • Andrew Sweetman, the Scottish marine biogeochemist who led the work, hadn’t made such claims, but he was still pilloried by fellow-scientists, and proponents of mining accused him of being an anti-mining crusader.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The proponents of those ideas believe that spreading them can shift the boundaries of debate — that nothing else will do so in a media environment where conservatives hold enormous power.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of proponents
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  • As the court met Monday on Yabloko’s appeal, the party’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse and Russian media reported that several dozen people were detained.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That's where authorities broke up confrontations and made some arrests after supporters from both sides clashed.
    — J.D. Miles, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • For advocates, the Pate case became another example of concerns that have been building for years.
    — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Parents and caregivers of intellectually disabled or non-speaking autistic people sometimes argue that neurodivergent self-advocates with low support needs can’t speak for those with disabilities that affect their daily lives in more profound ways.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of advocates

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