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
Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
The 2025 Baby2Baby Gala is presented by Paul Mitchell, with additional sponsors Summer Fridays, Merck for Mothers and Dave.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But once that first sponsor says yes?
—Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
The 2025 Baby2Baby Gala is presented by Paul Mitchell, with additional sponsors Summer Fridays, Merck for Mothers and Dave.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
This was a bill whose impact is meant mostly for Los Angeles, but an idea who couldn’t find an LA legislator to sponsor the bill.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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Today, Tutivillus has become a thoroughly modern fiend, the patron demon of typographical errors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Robert then interrupted a restaurant conversation to pitch his services to patrons discussing the radio business, the story noted.—
Jim Walsh,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The bill would pay for the creation of new dog parks and fund the cleaning of streets where dog owners fail to clean up after their pets, the same source reported.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Any future accommodation will be privately funded by King Charles.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Favorability Ratings Reveal Polarized Electorate All three candidates face underwater favorability ratings, though Mamdani’s supporters remain the most energized.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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At last weekend’s general assembly of Barcelona club members, Laporta tried to thread a delicate path when defending the plan to play a domestic game over 4,500 miles away, knowing that Tebas is not exactly popular with his team’s supporters.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And despite some analysts’ warnings of a chaotic aftermath should Maduro be ousted, a flood of foreign and private money could spare the US from having to finance the rebuilding of the Venezuelan government and economy.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Persian-language film, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, was selected to represent France — a decision that sparked debate due to its Iranian setting and cast, despite being almost entirely financed and produced in France.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And freed from the client-benefactor relationship that aid engenders, African nations are insisting upon local processing and refining to retain more of the downstream benefits.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Over Hanai’s objections, the House of Tanba-ya’s corporate benefactor (Kyusaku Shimada) books them into a large theater, and soon their onnagata-duo novelty has given them a kind of boy-band heartthrob popularity.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On the other hand, the conservative majority has expanded executive power, underwriting sweeping criminal immunity for the President, last year, and largely siding with the Administration to stay lower-court injunctions against it.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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That led to him underwriting and commanding the first all-civilian private space flight in history, September 2021's Inspiration4 orbital mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Every two weeks, three new GCCs are set up in India, and 60% of existing centers plan to expand.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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At least setting up for the party gives the crew something else to do besides dressing the women’s wounds and blow-drying their hair.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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For people to patronize those businesses.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Theetge said the city is addressing the challenges caused by an uptick in crime downtown this summer and called on citizens to continue to patronize businesses in the urban core.—
Cameron Knight,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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