cosponsor

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noun co·spon·sor \ (ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər \

variants: or co-sponsor

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of cosponsor

plural cosponsors or co-sponsors

:a joint sponsor

The senator was a cosponsor for both bills.

Michigan Tech Student Relay For Life is a participating cosponsor of this event.
—The Daily Mining Gazette

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cosponsor

or co-sponsor transitive verb, cosponsored or co-sponsored; cosponsoring or co-sponsoring

- This year Simpson is carrying on the legislative struggle without Mazzoli, who has declined to cosponsor the bill without support from the Democratic House leadership …
- —George Russell
- The following summer, Bingham returned to Machu Picchu with an expedition co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
- —Duane Damon

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cosponsorship

play \(ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər-ˌship\ or co-sponsorship noun

- Increasingly, large urban malls are being built with the co-sponsorship of city governments.
- —Witold Rybczynski

Recent Examples of cosponsor from the Web

There were no cosponsors and no hearings set on Romanchuk's legislation until this past week.

— john funk, cleveland.com, "Electric bill increases guaranteed in Ohio if certain legislation passes," 16 June 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer were among the measure’s cosponsors.

— karoun demirjian and anne gearan, idahostatesman, "Senate overwhelmingly votes to curtail Trump’s power to ease up on Russia sanctions," 15 June 2017
The River Forest Service Club, a cosponsor of the event with the Park District, River Forest Parks Foundation and the Village of River Forest, chooses River Forest military people to honor.

— myrna petlicki, chicagotribune.com, "River Forest celebrates Memorial Day with May 29 parade," 30 May 2017
On March 29, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin and a dozen cosponsors introduced The DUE PROCESS (Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures) Act.

— Orange County Register, "Tougher rules needed on asset seizure; these bills create them," 9 Apr. 2017

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