as in sponsorship
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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Noun
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While Iran’s coordination with and sponsorship of groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas are well known, Trump’s claims about Tehran’s ongoing development of nuclear weapons systems are less established — and the administration has provided little evidence to back them up.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026 -
Moreno said that the sponsorship sign would certainly have been visible.—
Eric Adler
March 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2026
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Where Boss Daley extracted political patronage, the nascent boss of black Chicago began to demand economic patronage.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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In January 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew had been stripped of his honorary military roles and royal patronages and that they had been returned to the Queen.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Auspices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspices. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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