as in patron
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club
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Recent Examples of sponsor
Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Registration is now open for sponsors and golfers, who will enjoy a VIP day of golf, networking, food and beverages, contests, raffles and premium golf gifts.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
ABC News, 19 May 2026
But Cassidy has led just two surveys this year that his campaign did not sponsor.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
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Noun
Fast & Furious star Michelle Rodriguez enjoys a car ride in New Orleans for the 27th Annual Gumball 3000 rally, presented by title sponsor Hard Rock International, on June 6.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Registration is now open for sponsors and golfers, who will enjoy a VIP day of golf, networking, food and beverages, contests, raffles and premium golf gifts.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
Verb
In order to be recommended, 40 schools need to sponsor it at the varsity level.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
But Cassidy has led just two surveys this year that his campaign did not sponsor.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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New York police executing a search warrant raided an LGBTQ+ bar called the Stonewall Inn, and some of the patrons resisted as officers continued interrogating them and bar employees.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Medici, David’s parent company, was named very intentionally after the Medici family, who were patrons of art.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
Verb
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Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones has raised millions, including helping to get $800,000 in donations to fund a replica of a historic ship for the maritime museum in his San Diego district.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The National Academy for AI Instruction, funded by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic, offers classes to teachers on how to use AI.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
20 June 2026
Noun
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The pending bill’s supporters say its changes are designed to address cases like that of Gilberto Guttierrez, a Los Angeles County man who has been accused of attacking his wife four times over the last 12 years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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One of those fans was England supporter Sebastian Oldfield.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Verb
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What this doesn’t tell voters is that these ads are being financed by those in the AI industry who favor sensible regulation of artificial intelligence.—
Richard J. Davis,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
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According to the plan approved by the government on Monday, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, and not from fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
Noun
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And then from behind him came Miuccia Prada, the co-creative director and owner of her namesake brand, one of the world’s great art collectors and high-cultural benefactors.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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The question is, will their billionaire benefactors be so quick to write checks this time after coming up short again.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Verb
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The partnerships helped underwrite BYD’s IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that same year.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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In underwriting the loss can run to many times the premium, so a model that is right 95% of the time but wildly overconfident the rest can still be ruinous if its failures bunch together in the wrong place.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
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With four national teams setting up base camps and six matches planned at Arrowhead Stadium, the expectation was that the World Cup would be easy to spot all around Kansas City.—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Team members then climbed to the women, set up a short rappel, and lowered them back to the trail.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The traumas come from the way people responded, how they’ve been patronized and gaslit and shunned.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
10 June 2026
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The Green family started patronizing the restaurant in the 1980s.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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