Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsoring
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The back-and-forth will result in at least a short government shutdown; funding for large swaths of the government expires on Saturday and the House likely won’t approve it until Monday at the earliest.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026 -
The two sides had deadlocked over funding the Department of Homeland Security.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sony Pictures is financing and distribute them worldwide.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Although interest rates on new-car loans have edged lower, car buyers are financing larger amounts, so the affordability crunch has only worsened.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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Payments, invoicing, lending, inventory management, customer support, and even underwriting increasingly happen inside messaging apps like WhatsApp.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The era of individual banks underwriting large projects — from transport corridors to energy and mining — is effectively over, said Charles Russon, Absa’s head for Africa regions.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Sure, Pittsburgh Trauma being a teaching hospital naturally lends to scenes of literal instruction, but too often the show pushes past procedural necessity into something distractingly pedantic, even patronizing.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, people on both sides of the divide say Weiss and her senior leaders have brought a newspaper journalist’s sometimes patronizing attitude to television broadcasting.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Sponsoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsoring. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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