Thesaurus results for SPONSORING

sponsoring

verb

present participle of sponsor

as in funding

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Recent Examples of sponsoring Mercedes-Benz has been sponsoring the Masters for almost 20 years; the 140-year-old automaker came on as an inaugural sponsor of ANWA seven years ago. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Harris spoke about Parton’s impact beyond music, which included opening Dollywood, funding research for the COVID-19 vaccine, her Imagination Library, and creating a relief fund for the wildfires that devastated Tennessee a decade before.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
But the plan without funding details has divided her party and could be a problem when parliament reconvenes in October.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

The approval follows a group of Democratic lawmakers in March sounding the alarm about foreign investors financing the merger.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
The increase in the rate since then, of nearly 1 percentage point, translates roughly into an additional $255 monthly cost for a borrower financing a $400,000 home loan at the current average rate.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of financing

Verb

Insurers have been underwriting this risk with real money for years, which tells you the market accepted the premise some time ago.

— Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
In 1975, banks stopped underwriting the city’s daunting debt, which caused a fiscal crisis.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of underwriting

Verb

Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
The letter explained in patronizing terms how the English government worked.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026