Noun : the heavyweight boxing champion. ,the champion of a cattle show. ,This dog is a champion. ,a champion of the oppressed.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to champion a cause.    From Dictionary.com. 

His campaign to clear his name championed by a judge.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2008] Reference

Productivity improvement, like any major change a corporation undertakes, should be championed from the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ethics of Self-Reliance for Canadian Tire and Canada] Reference

City Commissioner Alan Peura has for most of his four-year term championed the idea of a TIF district for that area.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In the memo, Walton did underscore the same commitment to straight news that Klein championed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Klein OUT At CNN, Ken Jautz In] Reference

And this, incidentally, goes way beyond the "cougar" designation championed by Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shana Ting Lipton: Biebered! How 'Team Edward,' 'Team Jacob' & Justin Bieber Killed the American Man] Reference

"There've been a couple that have kind of championed this cause," Williams says.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllBusiness.com - Home Page RSS] Reference

A few weeks ago, PETA championed the rats on "Survivor.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Now She's Not Just Listening] Reference

Easy-to-use computers have been championed by Apple since 1983.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Who Owns The Future] Reference

But the ad's claim that Clinton "championed NAFTA" is misleading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Factcheck.org: Clinton and Obama's GOP Crossfire] Reference

As one example, he championed cutting school class sizes dramatically.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Team Of The Century] Reference

She has championed the cause of Dalits, the lower-caste groups in India.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Women At The Helm] Reference

We have championed hundreds of new reforms at the state and federal level.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Fine Feathered Friends, And Ours] Reference

In Seoul, Mayor Lee championed complex projects by slashing through red tape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Back the Waterfront] Reference

She lacks her husband's political gifts and rejects much of the centrism he championed.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Beat Hillary (Next) November] Reference

Reagan, after all, championed his sweeping tax-cut notions from start to finish in 1980.    From Wordnik.com.  [Family Feuds] Reference

In Japan, Koizumi has championed overhauling Japan Post, which is more than a mail system.    From Wordnik.com.  [CAPITALISM VS. DEMOCRACY] Reference

Add many of the diseases whose causes are championed by high-profile telethons and gala fundraisers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Averting Disaster] Reference

Aren't these the same leaders who championed free markets and deregulation for the past three decades?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble Beyond the Emergency Bailout] Reference

She had championed the author James Frey and "A Million Little Pieces," his searing memoir of addiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wrath of Oprah] Reference

This is less because he championed free markets than because he cared about so much more than free markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spirit Of Adam Smith] Reference

There is nothing weird about the economic reforms championed by the government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico's Fatal Error] Reference

It wasn't the only cause he championed from his perch at the paper, and his positions weren't always predictable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soul And The Steel] Reference

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton claim that Hillary privately championed the use of U.S. troops to stop the genocide in Rwanda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Factcheck.org: Hillary's Adventures Abroad] Reference

It is true, as we've noted before, that Clinton once praised the North American Free Trade Agreement that her husband championed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Factcheck.org: Clinton and Obama's GOP Crossfire] Reference

The teachers union, a pro-reform institution that has championed democracy in the schools, was recently legalized for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning To Think] Reference

Every summer, these partisans, sometimes championed by Paisley, hold parades to commemorate ancient Protestant victories over Catholics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time For A Makeover] Reference