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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
Noun
Lutnick said major tech companies support paying $100,000 per year to sponsor the best workers. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025 That same year the Clippers and Aspiration signed deals that contemplated a $300 million partnership for Aspiration to sponsor the Clippers’ arena and the team’s jersey patch. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
To navigate these headwinds, sponsors and corporates are employing more creative deal structures including joint ventures with buyout options and continuation vehicles amongst other methods, Mergermarket said. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 The other three spots will be filled with sponsor exemptions, which will be announced at a later date. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sponsor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
  • The Jac Lewis Foundation, created to honor Jac, who died by suicide in 2019, recently launched a mental health hub in partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union, of which the Prince is patron.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The staff and patrons of a liquor store attached to The Queenscliffe Family Hotel on Kangaroo Island in Australia were in for a shock when a furry customer made its way through the front door.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Floyd said the group also provides support to art teachers and school art programs through field trips and by funding art supplies.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The spending would be from campaign accounts, which are funded by donations.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Miami philanthropists Trish and Dan Bell, who have given millions to different organizations across South Florida, are longtime supporters of the Foundation and are members of the Golden Angel Society, the Foundation’s premier giving group.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The statue is still standing years later amid a pushback from supporters, who see Columbus as a symbol of Italian American pride.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For investors, policymakers, and business leaders, the time has come to seize the momentum, champion innovation, and finance the blue transition.
    Olivier Wenden, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • India’s new anti-betting law poses serious punishments for offenders, including potential prison terms for people who facilitate, promote or finance for-money online gaming.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the arrangement could create an appearance of a conflict of interest, as Anderson’s office has steered public dollars to a business owned by a family who have been his political benefactors.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • All3Media International’s The Inheritance, which comes from The Traitors producer Studio Lambert, is set in a country estate and sees strangers compete for a fake fortune from a deceased benefactor, played with aplomb by Liz Hurley.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Insurance executives told the FT that the industry lacks the capacity to handle the kind of systemic, large-scale losses AI models could trigger, reflecting the sector’s broader unease about underwriting the unprecedented risks posed by generative AI providers.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Her charitable works include helping underwrite Moderna’s vaccine for COVID-19.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Among other pointers, Lillard would show Simons how to utilize a first-quarter play to set up opportunities in the fourth quarter.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • During your stay, enjoy the sauna by the lake, lounge beneath a canopy of trees on the home’s outdoor deck, and look for birds using the telescope set up in the living room.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For family-run businesses, this means higher rents and costlier overheads, as well as the exodus of communities that traditionally patronized them.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Those sentiments aren't constructive and can be rather patronizing.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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