Thesaurus results for SPONSORED

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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

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The deal also blindsided Forest Hill Church, which has met there ever since the church funded the Ballantyne branch’s expansion 15 years ago.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026
Since this phase carries peak risk and zero yield, it is funded exclusively through high-cost, short-term construction debt or private equity.

— Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of funded

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Haiti financed the payments from French banks, and did not finish paying the associated interest on the debt until 1947.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
The new building, estimated to cost about $46 million, would be financed using dollars set aside for the project and from private donors, according to KCKPL.

— Sofi Zeman July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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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

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