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And more trivial modifications like altering bodily odors and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
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There were the bevvy of performances promoting Beyoncé, too, which were characteristically spectacular.
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But he had to remember one thing: he was promoting himself at this point, Sam Cooke, not RCA.
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Their clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.
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So I was happy to see that the European theory of terroir was in action, promoting with pride the qualities of a specific region.
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So Mistral has devoted himself to promoting knowledge of its history, traditions, language, and religion.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
When not promoting some unholy rag, Shoeblossom resembled an elderly gentleman of studious habits.
The Gold Bat|P. G. Wodehouse
There is no game like this for promoting warmth and exercising the ingenuity.
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In the case of gangrened wounds a little earth has been found efficacious in promoting healthy action of the skin.
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Mine were under a benevolent prince, in promoting the commerce, manufactures, and agriculture of his kingdom.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education

British Dictionary definitions for promote

promote

/ (prəˈməʊt) /

verb (tr)

to further or encourage the progress or existence of

to raise to a higher rank, status, degree, etc

to advance (a pupil or student) to a higher course, class, etc

to urge the adoption of; work forto promote reform

to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support

chess to exchange (a pawn) for any piece other than a king when the pawn reaches the 8th rank

Derived forms of promote

promotable, adjectivepromotion, nounpromotional, adjective

Word Origin for promote

C14: from Latin prōmovēre to push onwards, from pro- 1 + movēre to move

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