1
as in sponsorship
auspices plural
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
a program for inner-city youths that is under the auspices of a national corporation
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2
as in forerunner
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event
interpreted the teacher's smile as an auspice that he would get an A on his presentation
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If the Games were to combine under the auspice of true inclusion, where everyone competes together side by side, Paralympic swimmers would struggle to make it through the heat rounds, and basketball would be impossible.
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Jessica Smith, TIME, 29 July 2024
As part of the pact, the streamer and studio will finance and release movies from Stuber’s new production company under United Artists, a languishing label that once operated under the auspice of MGM.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 26 July 2024
Instead, it was contested under auspice of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
Armani also reportedly set up a small charitable foundation in 2016 under the auspice of developing it with capital from the company following his passing.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Nov. 2023
However, there is no context that validates the use of this term in relation to progress without disregarding the brutal reality of what happened in this country’s history under the auspice of Manifest Destiny.
—Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
The funds were raised under the auspice of Tulane's $1.3 billion fundraising campaign.
. . . . . . .
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2018
Scientists have been fascinated by this work because this phenomenon was predicted a century ago under the auspice of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2017
These concerns were raised during a panel discussion in an event presented by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy-Skylake Synagogue alliance with the auspice and collaboration of ATJC.
—Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal, 2 June 2017
Jessica Smith, TIME, 29 July 2024
As part of the pact, the streamer and studio will finance and release movies from Stuber’s new production company under United Artists, a languishing label that once operated under the auspice of MGM.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 26 July 2024
Instead, it was contested under auspice of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
Armani also reportedly set up a small charitable foundation in 2016 under the auspice of developing it with capital from the company following his passing.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Nov. 2023
However, there is no context that validates the use of this term in relation to progress without disregarding the brutal reality of what happened in this country’s history under the auspice of Manifest Destiny.
—Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
The funds were raised under the auspice of Tulane's $1.3 billion fundraising campaign.
. . . . . . .
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2018
Scientists have been fascinated by this work because this phenomenon was predicted a century ago under the auspice of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
—Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2017
These concerns were raised during a panel discussion in an event presented by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy-Skylake Synagogue alliance with the auspice and collaboration of ATJC.
—Sergio Carmona, Jewish Journal, 2 June 2017
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“Auspice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspice. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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