sponsoring

present participle of sponsor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsoring
Verb
  • The biggest obstacle to moving the initiative forward is funding.
    Kristin Larson, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Marking recommended several cuts related to school programming by the 2026-27 school year, such as eliminating the parent participation preschool, funding for sixth grade camping field trips and paying for testing related to GATE, SAT, International Baccalaureate and AP testing.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Among its many funding programmes, the agency has an international co-production fund, Taiwan International Co-funding Program (TICP), that in its early days was involved in co-financing a wide range of Asian and European arthouse films.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Brazil is set to introduce an ambitious and innovative new system for financing forest protection (more on that below) and Lula comes into COP30 with an impressive record of successful forest protection.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • On the other hand, the conservative majority has expanded executive power, underwriting sweeping criminal immunity for the President, last year, and largely siding with the Administration to stay lower-court injunctions against it.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That led to him underwriting and commanding the first all-civilian private space flight in history, September 2021's Inspiration4 orbital mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The latter film was made based on the confessions of young people living in Latvia who openly spoke of patronizing teachers and parents, worries for the future and fears over fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Those sentiments aren't constructive and can be rather patronizing.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Sponsoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsoring. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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