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also egis
1
as in protection
means or method of defending
having no claim to the land under the aegis of the law, the cattle baron decided to claim it by force
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as in sponsorship
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
a medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company
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Recent Examples of aegis
These have been earmarked for Canberra under the aegis of its three-year-old AUKUS security pact between the U.S. and the U.K, with an eye on an increasingly assertive China.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Under his aegis, A+E was among the first media companies to guarantee business outcomes for advertisers, a concept that has gained more traction in recent years as Madison Avenue tries to harness the interactive nature of streaming video.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America’s greatest.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Under his aegis, A+E was among the first media companies to guarantee business outcomes for advertisers, a concept that has gained more traction in recent years as Madison Avenue tries to harness the interactive nature of streaming video.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aegis
Noun
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Areas of Compliance Concern for Employers and Consumer Reporting Agencies While these statutory protections may ease some compliance burdens, employers and consumer reporting agencies must remain mindful of several significant risks under the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Silva and her husband became TPS holders in 2023, a protection the Trump administration decided would end in April .—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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To get access to markets, businesses first had to obtain permission from politicians and bureaucrats, which in practice fueled a huge industry in patronage and corruption.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Moviemaking has long reminded me of the Renaissance patronage system.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Aegis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aegis. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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