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as in sponsorship
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
a symphony orchestra that had long relied upon the patronage of the city's moneyed old guard
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as in business
transactions or economic support provided by customers
he refuses to give his patronage to any corporation that is not socially conscious
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Recent Examples of patronage
Corporate patronage, driven by the hype surrounding indie, also rained paydays on off-beat artists.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he was stripped of his royal patronages and military titles.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
While he was embroiled in the lawsuit, Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages were stripped, with the approval and agreement of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
—James Hill, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
Prefix’s business at the Red Bridge Road location was heavily dependent on patronage from worshippers at IHOPKC’s adjacent worship and prayer center, the lawsuit says.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2022, he was stripped of his royal patronages and military titles.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
While he was embroiled in the lawsuit, Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages were stripped, with the approval and agreement of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
—James Hill, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
Prefix’s business at the Red Bridge Road location was heavily dependent on patronage from worshippers at IHOPKC’s adjacent worship and prayer center, the lawsuit says.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patronage
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In 2024, the Cowboys generated about $300 million in sponsorship revenue, by far the most in the NFL, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Like college coaches, social media gurus work their way through the ranks of the industry, and in an age where all eyeballs can attract revenues and sponsorships and ultimately, more money in the pockets of players and recruits in a competitive marketplace, Lazarus and his colleagues are valuable.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Others, like pain points and thought leaders, seem like things that AI got from business buzzword dictionaries.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Its adtech business, which manages advertising on third-party websites, is not publicly broken out.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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In due course the informality and loosening of the customs around dressing would take people all the way to grunge and eventually, in the new millennium, put CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies in hoodies.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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For all the talk of conflicting values, the Tesla Diner has assimilated effortlessly into the local custom of charging fries separately from the burger.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Patronage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronage. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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