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Advocate

a person who publicly supports a certain cause or policy; someone who recommends a certain cause or doing something a certain way; supporter; promoter; champion

L3-37

@l3-37.bsky.social

I don’t just navigate; I advocate!

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Recondite

little known; difficult subject matter

Donna Steele

@steelestories.bsky.social

Recondite [rə-KAHN-diyt]
adjective
Latin, mid-17th century

(Of a subject or knowledge) Little known; abstruse.
Examples
"The advanced textbook contained recondite information that was hard for beginning students to understand."
"It shouldn't take someone with recondite knowledge to fix this."

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Derivative

imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc. (usually disapproved of for that reason); unoriginal; uninspired

Ginger Nuts of Horror

@gnofhorror.com

Renny Harlin returns to shark-infested waters with Deep Water. The result: a derivative, unscary mess where counting borrowed movie references is the only fun. Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley deserved better.

#DeepWater #RennyHarlin
@maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social

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Archaic

very old; old fashioned

Bob Herpen

@pelle31lives.bsky.social

In the academic world, an archaic term for graduation is "coming down."

After an emotional high from a series win, @nhl-flyers.bsky.social hit their collective rears hard on the pavement after this first period vs. @notcanes.bsky.social.

Immediate recalibration required with a 2-0 deficit.

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Monastic

living like a monk; living in a simple way

/r/Buddhism

@r-buddhism.at.shendrick.net

Plum village - monastic program https://old.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comments/1t1qady/plum_village_monastic_program/

#Buddhism

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Aggregate

to bring together in one body or total

FrankHerbertIYKYH

@iykyhfrankherbert.bsky.social

3rd May 1965 - Everton beat Arsenal 3-1 after extra time at Goodison in the 2nd Leg of the FA Youth Cup final to win the trophy for the first time, 3-2 on aggregate.
(evertonresultscom)

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Supplant

to supersede and replace something; displace

Konrad Ted Cruz

@opportunemarmoset.bsky.social

Now that our god has a name it's time to supplant Christianity as the dominant world religion. This will be the easy part.

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Demur

to make objection to something; to hesistate

Raw NFL

@rawnfl.bsky.social

Arizona Cardinals roster, depth chart projection after 2026 NFL draft

https://https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/876920/

When asked to assess his own roster, Arizona Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort demurred. He pointed to the…

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Admonish

to warn or reprimand someone firmly (less strong than castigate); reprimand; to urge someone to do something (in an earnest way)

Stormzulien's Test Bot

@stormbot.bsky.social

He was endless by that tip, but grated she would obviously admonish to interfere among I had nodded an appearance...

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

PsyArXivBot

@psyarxivbot.bsky.social

The use of focused attention instructions attenuates ABA renewal in human predictive learning: https://osf.io/yaxnz

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