1
as in to condescend
to assume or treat with an air of superiority
a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors
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as in to endorse
to promote the interests or cause of
a company that loyally patronizes the arts
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Recent Examples of patronize
Stewart’s faux choir appeased patronizing white liberals.
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Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
Yet, for many consumers, virtue capitalism can offer compelling reasons to patronize a business.
—Time, 23 July 2025
One thing Obama seems very comfortable with is offering up his patronizing advice to the masses for a pretty penny.
—Grace Curley, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
In March, 2008, the Post published a front-page story on Eliot Spitzer, then the governor of New York, who—after cracking down on prostitution rings while serving as the state’s attorney general, from 1999 to 2006—was outed as having patronized an escort service.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
Yet, for many consumers, virtue capitalism can offer compelling reasons to patronize a business.
—Time, 23 July 2025
One thing Obama seems very comfortable with is offering up his patronizing advice to the masses for a pretty penny.
—Grace Curley, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
In March, 2008, the Post published a front-page story on Eliot Spitzer, then the governor of New York, who—after cracking down on prostitution rings while serving as the state’s attorney general, from 1999 to 2006—was outed as having patronized an escort service.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patronize
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Such assumptions may be inaccurate and even condescending.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 July 2025
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President Donald Trump is once again facing backlash, this time for comments made during a recent meeting with West African leaders that many are calling inappropriate and condescending.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
11 July 2025
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The American Academy of Pediatrics still endorses COVID-19 shots for children older than 6 months.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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In Indonesia, the political party Golkar used AI to digitally recreate Suharto, a dictator who died in 2008, to endorse the party’s candidates.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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One of Trump’s most ardent conservative supporters, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, lashed out last month over the initial reports about a possible Diddy pardon, vehemently advocating against one.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
6 Aug. 2025
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Elsewhere, Blackburn advocated to repeal the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in 2022, and in 2024 voted against advancing the Right to IVF Act, which would have expanded and protected access to in vitro fertilization in the country.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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But after Russia’s defeat at the hands of the British in the costly 1854-56 Crimean War, Tsar Nicholas II decided to cut his losses and relinquish the difficult-to-defend Alaska.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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An ability to get the products overland from Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, will cut weeks and substantial costs out of that supply chain.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The audit released this week supported Tian and Wang’s concerns about the fees and executive director salary reporting, in addition to finding several new issues.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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In order to successfully override a mayoral veto, two-thirds of the Council’s 51 members must support it.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Patronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronize. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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