sponsors 1 of 2

noun

plural of sponsor
as in patrons
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sponsor
as in funds

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Recent Examples of sponsors
Noun
But patients also need confidence that review standards will not shift unpredictably after sponsors and investigators have designed trials in consultation with the agency. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 July 2026 In Michigan, bill sponsors pulled their companion House and Senate bills over concerns about data collection. — Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026 Is there a lure for advertisers and sponsors to come on board? — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 July 2026 The organization has not secured replacement funding and is beginning conversations with sponsors, community partners and local officials about how to fill the gap. — Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Though around 800 people usually attend, most tickets are reserved in advance by corporate sponsors. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee's more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2026 Official Sponsors Need Engagement By comparison, several official sponsors have struggled precisely because their campaigns feel overly scripted, one of the themes highlighted by marketing specialists at The Revival Agency. — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Among the sponsors was then-state legislator Mike Kreidler, a Democrat and optometrist who served 16 years in the Legislature and 24 as insurance commissioner. — Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsors
  1. patrons
  2. funds
  3. supporters
  4. stakes
  5. benefactors
  6. finances
  7. underwrites
  8. patronizes
Noun
  • Former patrons of the bar and other mourners visited the site Tuesday, adding to the growing pile of flowers leaning on the guardrails cordoning off the location of the blaze.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • At the Art Algebra studio, at 1001 Glade Road Suite 100 right next door to girligirl boutique, patrons can admire art and then head to a coffee bar right inside the gallery.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of patrons
Verb
  • The credit, established in 2024, uniquely funds physical training infrastructure rather than just wages or tuition.
    — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Massie, meanwhile, defended Vance’s criticism, telling reporters that Israel funds online influence campaigns targeting lawmakers who oppose its policies and suggesting the vice president was now experiencing similar attacks.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • While Rodriguez and other supporters have pushed to preserve the unit, critics of expanding Sheriff’s Office funding argue that the county should instead invest in social and community services.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Opposing fans and supporters alike have hurled racist abuse at Mbappé.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of supporters
Verb
  • Kent Nishimura | Reuters The Senate stakes McConnell, a former longtime Senate majority leader, declined to seek an eighth term following a series of health scares.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • Dar Zéro founder Brigid Smith stakes her claim on bohemian style, blending gritty luxury with elevated, global influences.
    — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of stakes
Noun
  • And then from behind him came Miuccia Prada, the co-creative director and owner of her namesake brand, one of the world’s great art collectors and high-cultural benefactors.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
  • The question is, will their billionaire benefactors be so quick to write checks this time after coming up short again.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of benefactors
Verb
  • Their model included where the city’s water comes from, how the local utility finances new infrastructure and sets rates and how rising rates might change how households use water.
    — Emma Court, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • Read on for your June career and finances horoscope according to your zodiac sign.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Definition of finances
Verb
  • An investor who underwrites to the seller's tax line rather than the post-sale reassessment is buying a cap rate that will never actually exist for them.
    — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Goldman advises hyperscalers, underwrites chip company offerings, and sits at the table with the companies building the very infrastructure Covello was interrogating.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Definition of underwrites
Verb
  • Liam, the brother who clearly wanted this reunion the most, and wore the inability to re-consummate the brotherly relationship like an open wound, is still given mostly to jokes on stage more than serious statements or anything that patronizes the audience.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of patronizes

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