auspice

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as in sponsorship
auspices plural the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking a program for inner-city youths that is under the auspices of a national corporation

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Recent Examples of auspice The governing body employs a ‘reporting perimeter’, which asks that clubs report any figures ‘in respect of (that club’s) football activities’, including any amounts that occur under the auspice of other legal entities. Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025 Under the auspice of Eggers, Skarsgård created an otherworldly low and gravelly voice for Orlok that has just as much impact as the character’s looks. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 Franchise steward Chuck Lorre, co-creator of the original series and all of its offshoots, had been the only auspice announced for the series, starring Big Bang alums Kevin Sussman, Brian Posehn and Lauren Lapkus. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 Campbell—who first played Ash under the auspice of writer-director Raimi and producer Tapert on 1981’s The Evil Dead—said metal music wasn’t the only thing that the general public was paranoid about in the 1980s. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 If the Games were to combine under the auspice of true inclusion, where everyone competes together side by side, Paralympic swimmers would struggle to make it through the heat rounds, and basketball would be impossible. Jessica Smith, TIME, 29 July 2024 As part of the pact, the streamer and studio will finance and release movies from Stuber’s new production company under United Artists, a languishing label that once operated under the auspice of MGM. Brent Lang, Variety, 26 July 2024 Instead, it was contested under auspice of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024 Armani also reportedly set up a small charitable foundation in 2016 under the auspice of developing it with capital from the company following his passing. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auspice
Noun
  • The killer is a man who, for all his delusions, pokes at the other men’s complacency and domesticity — making this thriller a forerunner of everything from Easy Rider to The Hitcher to Collateral. 20.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Here is a look at some of the most likely forerunners to serve as the 267th pope, according to public reporting.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The hospital’s well-being garden, which opened in July 2024, was created in partnership with the RHS, Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity and NHS Charities Together — the latter of which is a joint patronage of Kate and Prince William.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 2 July 2025
  • The regime sustains its power partly through its patronage networks.
    ERIC EDELMAN, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Organizations can measure psychological safety data as a precursor to inclusion.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Washington said the firms funneled money to Chinese firms that produce the precursors for fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid that has stoked a drug epidemic in the US.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Here are some hints for today’s Quordle game, followed by the answers: What Are Today’s Quordle Hints?
    Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Featuring a cool ranch flavor, with hints of garlic and onion.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • For England head coach Lee Carsley, positive omens surrounded him before this summer’s Under-21 European Championship had even begun.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Every morning, my phone screen lights up to more ill omens.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Despite these auguries of Sylvester’s moral and psychological well-being, the fact remains he is broke.
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Here are some suggestions for how to incorporate those breaks, starting with the simplest and briefest, to the more complex and significant.
    Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The confidentiality of Le Salon may suggest something unattainable, but Krings is quick to counter that suggestion.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Another potential beneficiary is the predictions market, which isn’t regulated like gambling.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • But that’s not stopping the prediction markets from making a guess.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 July 2025

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“Auspice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspice. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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