sponsored

past tense of sponsor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsored
Verb
  • During a tour at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix headquarters last October, staff described the evolution from a Chicago garage startup to a sprawling campus funded by donors in 2018.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His position is funded by the ADG Community Journalism Project.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a Canadian industry where for years doors were mostly closed to Black talent, and financing that came through when doors opened was meagre, the BSO report urges Black content creators be properly financed to build sustainable careers and businesses.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pic heralds from Deadpool and John Wick director David Leitch and Bullet Train producer Kelly McCormick’s 87North, and Bill Bindley and Mike Karz’s Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded), which financed the movie.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The giants of Silicon Valley have a lot in common with Laura Ingalls Wilder, who portrayed her life on the prairie as a triumph of self-sufficiency, barely mentioning that the government underwrote the railroads, provided the farmland and tided the family through rough winters.
    Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Sponsored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsored. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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