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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For over two decades, her father has been trying to do just that with the help of his brother, who is a citizen, through his I-130 sponsorship, also called a family petition.—
Marie Saavedra,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
The hosts talk about how the saga shows the other side of sports sponsorships.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For more than a century, Americans have taken pride in a professional civil service insulated from raw political patronage.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Billions of dollars that could have gone toward infrastructure, education, and public services have instead been diverted into inflated contracts, legal settlements, patronage networks, and crisis management.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Auspices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspices. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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