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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present tense third-person singular of sponsor

as in funds

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All the sponsors, listed on the event’s Instagram, will have a selection of worms hidden in or around their business locations, and Yelp Sacramento is creating a map to mark every location. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The heart of the dispute is how to handle claims by employees that plan sponsors have invested their retirement funds imprudently. — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 His expedition faced delays related to visa restrictions, the loss of sponsors during the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19 lockdowns and geopolitical turmoil, according to reports. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 In March, as sponsors withdrew and protests greeted a Los Angeles pop-up, Redzepi stepped away from day-to-day leadership. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 As with most of the festivals across Mexico, FICM faced cutbacks in funding from corporate and institutional sponsors. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Gucci, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, and Microsoft were sponsors for this year’s gala, as comedian Graham Norton emceed the evening. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 9 Oct. 2026 Merle, dressed for the opening in matching pink Pucci dress and shoes and Danny in a pink seersucker suit, served as show sponsors. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 During his tenure as creative director at Loewe, the Spanish brand was one of the main sponsors of Frieze London. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Dorothy recalls patrons hanging around the shop for hours, running her hands along a rainbow of silk ties, and picking up tailor pins with her cousins to pass the time.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
Throughout dinner, we’re interrupted by patrons ranging from Bessent—who stops by and offers a warm greeting—to a number of people who arrive in succession and appear to be gushing fans of the anchor, though Baier recognizes all of them by name.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of patrons

Verb

Aora also partners with rePurpose Global so that for every product sold, the company funds the removal from nature of nine times that item’s weight in plastic waste.

— Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The organization paying for it may also receive only part of its value, as when a hospital funds a system that benefits patients and insurers.

— Hani Assi, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of funds

Noun

Student groups protesting since mid-September through school blockades have urged supporters to join them.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
An hour before a ball was even kicked on Sunday afternoon, the beating of drums and chanting from the River Guard supporters group could be heard loud and clear from the locker rooms at the Boas Soccer Complex.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of supporters

Verb

In addition to validator fees, the company stakes its 35 million HYPE tokens in the network, earning ongoing token rewards.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of stakes

Noun

Democratic divide As Republican donors open their wallets, some of Democrats’ biggest benefactors are missing from the DNC’s donor rolls.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Harvard and its peer institutions won’t suddenly stop caring about their largest benefactors.

— Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefactors

Verb

As head of the Canadian province’s media investment agency, Thorne-Stone finances everything from feature films to XR content.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Leaders should understand whether the capital creates a path to sustainable value or simply finances the next fundraising round.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 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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