auspices

Definition of auspicesnext
plural of auspice
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
  • Including strategic sponsorship support, overall revenue doubled year-on-year from 2023 to 2025, and production volumes are set to rise by nearly 80% next season, Safdie says, to meet escalating demand.
    Amy Francombe, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
  • For more than a decade, Northside has partnered with the track club and Peachtree, including its sponsorship of the Northside Hospital Atlanta Women’s 4 Miler held Mother’s Day weekend.
    Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Where Boss Daley extracted political patronage, the nascent boss of black Chicago began to demand economic patronage.
    Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • 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 26 Feb. 2026.

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