promote
verb (used with object)
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further.
promotes
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present tense formof promote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The new rules would also require tech companies to protect under 18s from harmful content that promotes or encourages eating disorders or hostile ideas about women and gender equality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It increases resting energy expenditure so the body burns more calories, promotes liver fat breakdown and supports weight loss.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers now want to determine exactly how the gene promotes neoteny in these cells and in other parts of the brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The Imagination Playhouse, a live musical staging of children’s books, promotes her literacy initiative and its work gifting hundreds of millions of free books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It promotes a return to the democratically elected political systems of the past.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
