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
After Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos served as lead sponsors and honorary chairs of the 2026 Met Gala, multiple sources say Wintour had hoped the couple might return as major patrons in 2027. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 The total cost of the tour will end up just under $120,000, and our tour sponsors will cover the entire cost. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026 The real work is building relationships with sponsors, serving your community, speaking to thousands of people, representing a brand professionally, and showing up consistently. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 But they are unintentionally linked by their stars and sponsors. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Fans, media partners, sponsors and politicians (likely including the president) will be hammering away at players and owners to get a deal done. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The demand for books and records, filed Monday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, could impact the league’s ability to bring in more partners, sponsors and investors. — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Some critics were also concerned the project’s sponsors, including Boeing, Shell, Toyota, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean, had business in front of the Department of Transportation. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Puck did not provide a list to Vanity Fair, but sponsors have included Starbucks, Saks Fifth Avenue, and American Express; Burberry and Rolex have advertised in Line Sheet. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsors
  1. patrons
  2. funds
  3. supporters
  4. stakes
  5. benefactors
  6. finances
  7. underwrites
  8. patronizes
Noun
  • The man in the white shirt appears limp as fellow bar patrons walk in to check on him, and the bartender covers her mouth in apparent shock.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Vision Theatre’s reopening is expected to bring thousands of new patrons to Leimert Park, giving surrounding small businesses an opportunity to boost their bottom lines.
    — LaMonica Peters, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of patrons
Verb
  • Movies in this class are, paradigmatically, produced, written, and directed by the same person, who generally also plays the devastatingly handsome romantic lead (and often funds the proceedings with money earned in some unrelated capacity).
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The trio accused the US Department of Defense of charging them with insubordination for publicly supporting that editorial independence in covering the agency, which partly funds the publication.
    — Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • The government said Khan’s supporters had begun gathering outside the private hospital in violation of the court order, which required them to stay away from the medical facility to avoid inconveniencing other patients.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Lindsay Clancy supporters rally for her as critics question where kids' advocates are.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of supporters
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of stakes
Noun
  • After Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s popular Democratic governor, endorsed Stevens last week, El-Sayed explained the choice as the inevitable product of the two women’s benefactors.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Working with patrons Anadol counters that anyone can have free access to the models his studio develops, and that there's nothing new about contemporary artists' relationships with rich and powerful benefactors.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of benefactors
Verb
  • The project is funded by Measure LB, an $850-million bond measure that finances LBCC construction.
    — Kate Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Globo fully finances the films, without tapping Brazilian incentives for film production.
    — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of finances
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Sponsors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsors. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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