cosponsor

noun

co·​spon·​sor (ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər How to pronounce cosponsor (audio)
variants or co-sponsor
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
cosponsor transitive verb
or co-sponsor
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 noun
or co-sponsorship
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 Still, the exemption for bread producers was so important to Newsom that the bill’s cosponsor, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), approved of it to get his support, Bloomberg reported, citing a person with knowledge of the negotiations. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024 The new wave of cosponsors follows a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this month with several tech executives, which saw members of both parties criticize the companies for their shortcomings. Owen Tedford, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 The legislation was introduced in the U.S. House last month and the Senate last week, with Risch as a cosponsor. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 17 Feb. 2024 However, Republicans have been hesitant to join the bill, with one cosponsor going as far as to pull his support. Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024 Registrations suddenly drop in Broward, Palm Beach counties As of Tuesday afternoon, Frankel’s office said, the resolution has 82 Democratic and 67 Republican cosponsors. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024 That number has more than tripled to 46 cosponsors in this Congress. Matt Laslo, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023 The resolution has nearly 50 cosponsors, all Democrats. USA TODAY, 17 May 2023 The two-page Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act has 43 House Republican cosponsors. Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cosponsor was in 1849

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“Cosponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosponsor. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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