Thesaurus results for SPONSORS

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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

Top sponsors of this year’s Pride weekend were Albertsons, sustainable food nonprofit City of Good, the city of Boise, Target and Fred Meyer. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2026 Newsom vetoed an earlier version of the bill last October saying changes were needed, which sponsors say the new bill reflects. — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2026 Stability, sponsors, a battling candor on hot-button issues, an industry build and the vision to frame and help drive Spain’s emergence as one of Europe’s key film-TV powers. — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Registration is not required, but is requested so that sponsors can plan for the number of children attending. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 These are the mechanics of an arrangement most plan sponsors have never examined closely, inside a contract many of them inherited rather than negotiated. — Jennifer Schaefer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The suit added a glamour factor for bigwig sponsors who would sometimes ride along. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Milano is made possible by presenting sponsors ALO, eBay, Eli Lilly and Company, and Meta Glasses. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026 Last year’s 200-plus golfers, sponsors and donors raised nearly $471,000. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsors

Noun

The gunmen searched some of the patrons and took their mobile phones before escaping in two vehicles.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Matsunori There’s an unwritten rule that restaurants in Fenway like to keep things moving—patrons in this part of town often have Red Sox games or concerts at MGM Music Hall to catch.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of patrons

Noun

Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside the building overnight to protest her eviction, with dozens of police officers holding them back as some tried to stop the eviction from going ahead.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
But the choice was criticized by supporters of France’s strict form of secularism in public life based on a 1905 law separating church and state.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of supporters

Verb

Cuban refugee Tony Montana arrives in Miami as part of the Mariel boatlift and quickly stakes his claim in the city’s drug trade.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
The sentences mark a key moment in China’s continuing real-estate crisis, which has dented consumer confidence in the country – and caused a headache for a government that stakes its legitimacy on rising prosperity.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of stakes

Noun

Harvard and its peer institutions won’t suddenly stop caring about their largest benefactors.

— Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Investing in infrastructure to boost revenue streams is wise, particularly at a club with no shareholders to act as benefactors.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefactors

Verb

Selling the 210 put and 245 call, each 10 points further from the money, generates a credit that partially finances the trade.

— Julia Spina, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
But most bonds are repaid by the state’s general fund, the main cash box that finances major programs such as education, healthcare, prisons and fighting wildfires.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of finances

Verb

The Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation underwrites most of the cost of our three performance spaces, equipment, and support services.

— Brian Beirne, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
But that spread is the distance between the single best market in America and the average one, measured after the year ended, and nobody underwrites to hindsight.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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