champion
noun
a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place.
had championed
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past perfectof champion.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Dutch Social Democrat Lara Wolters, who had championed the original law, walked out of talks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Sources said Lucas has been involved in curatorial decisions but did not seem engaged in the education and public programming that Jackson-Dumont had championed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
It was the world's hyper power firmly turning its back on the globalisation process it had championed, and from which it handsomely profited in recent decades.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
Powell, the former corporate lawyer and decisive vote in Bakke, ultimately diverted the dream of class-based affirmative action that King and Douglas had championed.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025
Hamilton had not held national office for nine years and the Federalist cause he had championed was well on its way to oblivion.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
