sponsored

verb

past tense of sponsor
as in funded

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Recent Examples of sponsored As well as Powerade, owned by the Coca-Cola Company, Fox’s in-game adverts have also been sponsored by Lenovo, another official FIFA sponsor. — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Albertsons has sponsored the event since its inception, and Chevron joined in 2021 as the presenting sponsor. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsored
  1. funded
  2. financed
  3. underwrote
Verb
  • Politicians and other proponents of the lab-leak theory have issued fresh calls to punish Fauci, 85, and scientists his institute funded.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • In Austin, the ARPA funded eviction prevention, rental assistance, shelter, permanent supportive housing and harm reduction programs.
    — Alfredo Reyes Jr, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
Definition of funded
Verb
  • These local mutual aid efforts are typically self-managed and financed through their own networks and diaspora remittances.
    — Peter Hailey, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • One of the new ships won’t cost it a dime as it will be fully financed, owned and operated in Japan under license by local leisure giant Oriental Land Company (OLC).
    — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of financed
Verb
  • Higher-for-longer separates managers who underwrote a downside case from managers who underwrote a refinancing that never came.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • French money underwrote the American Revolution, bankrupting Louis XVI’s government and paving the way for their own revolution within a decade of the end of the American war.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of underwrote

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