cosponsor

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co·spon·sor | \ (ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər

variants: or

plural cosponsors or co-sponsors

Definition of cosponsor

: 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 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

cosponsorship \ (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

Examples of cosponsor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Throughout the 116th Congress, the Chamber has urged members to either cosponsor — or refrain from cosponsoring — specific bills. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, "The Chamber of Commerce’s Botched Bet," 16 Apr. 2021 His office later cited 13 bills that Hawley has signed onto as a cosponsor since January that include Democrats. — BostonGlobe.com, "Josh Hawley became a pariah in Washington after the insurrection. Does it matter?," 29 Mar. 2021 Councilwoman Madonna Flood, D-24th, and Councilman Markus Winkler, D-17th, a cosponsor of the legislation. — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, "Free speech or threat? How a doxxing ban split the Louisville Metro Council down the middle," 26 Mar. 2021 The resolution to eliminate the deadline has one Republican cosponsor in the House, Congressman Tom Reed. — Grace Segers, CBS News, "House set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act," 16 Mar. 2021 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic from Rhode Island, also is a cosponsor. — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, "Think daylight saving time should be year-round? Ed Markey, other senators do, too," 10 Mar. 2021 Dave Joyce is the lead GOP cosponsor of a U.S. House bill that would set up an animal cruelty section in the Justice Department’s environmental and natural resources division. — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, "Legislation to end the death penalty in Ohio gains bipartisan support: Capitol Letter," 19 Feb. 2021 According to GovTrack, 10 of Slotkin’s 15 bills and resolutions in 2019 had a Republican cosponsor. — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, "Slotkin's GOP challenger says she's misleading voters on her record. We fact-checked it.," 22 Sep. 2020 Senator Susan Collins signed on to the bill last November, the first republican cosponsor. — Rachel Nuwer, Longreads, "The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People," 10 Mar. 2020

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