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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patronage
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The hospital’s well-being garden, which opened in July 2024, was created in partnership with the RHS, Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity and NHS Charities Together — the latter of which is a joint patronage of Kate and Prince William.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
2 July 2025 -
The regime sustains its power partly through its patronage networks.—
ERIC EDELMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2025
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“Auspices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspices. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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