as in patron
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club
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Recent Examples of sponsor
Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
The brand’s current owner, Phillips 66, remains a major sponsor.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Her seat is sponsored by Farmacias Similares, a Mexican company focused on social impact and accessible healthcare across Latin America.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 29 May 2025
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Noun
All four of the bill’s sponsors hail from Denver and Aurora, where CBZ’s properties were primarily concentrated.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
The brand’s current owner, Phillips 66, remains a major sponsor.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Verb
When the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which sponsors the event, belatedly released a speakers list for the forum on Friday afternoon, the usual 8:30 a.m. time slot for a Chinese representative to speak was scrubbed from the agenda.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
Her seat is sponsored by Farmacias Similares, a Mexican company focused on social impact and accessible healthcare across Latin America.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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Private equity fund Style Capital served as patron of this year’s grant, a role previously held by Max & Co., LuisaViaRoma, Fidenza Village and Scalapay.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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The cuisine combines a unique blend of technique and restraint, highlighting the power of local ingredients. Events—think destination weddings—are set in a series of frescoed salons and a historic ballroom lined with artworks from one of the Gaddi family's most famous patrons, Niccolò di Sinibaldo.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The rover was partially funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency with support from the European Space Agency.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 6,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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The grants are funded through the city’s general fund.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The site, frequented by far-right supporters of the president, has been used to spread conspiracy theories.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The event was just winding down when a gray minivan plowed into the soccer team’s supporters, video from social media appeared to show.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid by employers and employees.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
25 May 2025
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More subsidies, more help with financing homes and increased incentives to make housing more affordable are needed.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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When the Ordway opened its doors in 1985, our chief benefactor and guiding spirit, Sally Ordway Irvine, had a vision to create a place where ALL the performing arts would be embraced and ALL members of the community would feel welcome.—
Christopher Harrington,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2025
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Lapid trades in indelicate satire for indelicate times — Y at one point literally and lavishly licks his wealthy benefactor’s gleaming knee-high boots — so these grisly verses at first seem a typically blunt caricature of Israeli nationalism at its most ruthless.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The explosive expansion of higher education that began after the Second World War was underwritten by federal dollars.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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The ethics commission says that raises transparency issues that can undermine the public’s trust in government and that other funding mechanisms should be used to pay for business trip not underwritten by taxpayers.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Making Short-Term Plans And Processes One of the most common mistakes startups make is not planning for the long term by setting up processes, tools, systems and relationships that will endure, grow and change.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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However, at the time of her post, investigators were already looking into the possibility that the migrant had been set up by Demetric Scott, who was awaiting trial in a robbery and assault case in which the migrant was the victim.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
Verb
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That admittedly basic concept—that Deaf people don’t need hearing people worrying about or patronizing them—is one of the key themes of the film.—
John Hendrickson,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Young people are hosting home cafés, making their own cappuccinos and iced matchas in lieu of patronizing coffee shops.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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