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
Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, cannabis businesses cannot sponsor individuals, entities, events, activities, or facilities.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Gottlieb’s film non-profit Mezzanine also serves as a sponsor.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Additionally, with each episode, Amazon sponsors all of the items on one teacher’s classroom wishlist.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, cannabis businesses cannot sponsor individuals, entities, events, activities, or facilities.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Encode was also a sponsor of that bill.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Gottlieb’s film non-profit Mezzanine also serves as a sponsor.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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Cedarburg Creek Farm also has occasional guest musicians performing for patrons.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Tides Foundation, also funded by Democratic mega-donor George Soros, is a network that operates as a fiscal sponsor for groups that have not registered with the IRS as charities.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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The National Endowment for Humanities, another federal agency that funds museum programs, has singled out grants related to DEI as grounds for termination.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to approve many of those mergers—and Trump stacked the FCC with his supporters.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Kneeling was widely used by protesters and supporters after Floyd’s death to signal sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement and a call for racial justice.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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It was also financed with support from the NSW Government and Screen NSW’s Made in NSW Fund, and post, digital and visual effects were supported by Screen NSW.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Doha is also financing Azeri gas imports through Türkiye to ease crippling power cuts in northern Syria.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Signed last week, on the same day that the Department of Justice indicted James Comey, it is designed to facilitate the transfer of a social-media platform with a hundred and seventy million American users to a consortium that features several of the President’s political and financial benefactors.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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That means, for tax purposes, the value of the home resets to its market value on the date your benefactor died.—
Steve Hruby,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Their energy supplies and huge sovereign wealth funds help underwrite America’s competitive edge over China in energy and capital-intensive industries of the future—AI, cloud computing, and the mining and processing of rare-earth minerals.—
Firas Maksad,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025
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Trump has called on NATO members to increase their defense spending to reduce America’s role in underwriting European security.—
Daniel Bush,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Each of the 16 guest rooms is equipped for luxury, with features like Grown Alchemist bath products and Frette towels, and the blooming gardens below are perfect for a stroll or for setting up shop in the afternoons with a book.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Mediapro Studio has set up an office for its Cimarrón banner in Bogotá, Colombia in a bid to further expand its footprint in Latin America.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those sentiments aren't constructive and can be rather patronizing.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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For God’s sake, don’t patronize a restaurant or small business.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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