patronized

past tense of patronize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of patronized At Vanguard Studios, in Mumbai, Sheth came upon drawers full of glass negatives, receptacles for the countless unnamed sitters who’d once patronized the establishment. M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025 These restaurants are locally owned and supplied, and they’re patronized by people who live there. Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Already, businesses patronized by immigrants are seeing declines in sales as some residents try to stay home more, Shi said. Tami Luhby, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025 Losing touch with the American public as well as the Washington political establishment, which often patronized him, Carter retreated to Camp David to consult a wide variety of Americans on why his administration was failing. Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 Outside of the realm of diplomacy, Catherine was a tastemaker who popularized tea and patronized the arts, a fun-loving queen despite her strict Catholic faith. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 But the more everyday scenes of women being marginalized, dismissed, patronized, objectified, and altogether ignored feel far more insidious. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patronized
Verb
  • Americans have generally endorsed the death penalty, though the gap between those who favor it and those who don’t has shrunk to 10 points.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The demonstration is being organized by NASA Needs Help — a group formed by employees and supporters at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and endorsed by the Goddard Engineers, Scientists and Technicians Association (GESTA).
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others have cut bills by a factor of five.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vogel also advocated for the passage of legislation that eventually acknowledged the injustice of the exile and imprisonment and provided a payment of $20,000 to Japanese American camp survivors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, the party's leader, has historically advocated for a more Taiwanese, as opposed to a Chinese, identity.
    Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The research, published in Nature Photonics, was supported by the Army Research Office, NSF, DARPA, and NASA’s JPL.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • What began as a handful of campus groups now stretches across more than 3,500 high schools and universities, supported by dozens of full-time staff who manage student activists like a professional sales force.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

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