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
Once outside capital owns a portion of FIFA’s commercial rights, pressure inevitably grows to increase revenues, maximize broadcast value and create more inventory for sponsors. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Ray thanked the city, sponsors, mentors, pastors, volunteers and audience members who supported his work. — Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 Italy’s dignity decree, which banned front-of-shirt betting sponsors, is a fig leaf anyway. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Neal had arranged for three of his portfolio companies to serve as sponsors for some of Paris Fashion Week’s most exclusive after-parties. — Partner Content, Variety, 28 July 2026 School’s Out was inaugurated in 2000, and has since attracted several sponsors, including Nordstrom, United Airlines, Jensen Partners, Dixon Advisory, Mono Monkey and more. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 In response, the panelists, all senior execs at major companies, offered to advise her personally and connect her and her teammates with potential sponsors. — Ellie Austin, Fortune, 22 July 2026 There are 80 feet of seawall left to find sponsors for — $1,500 per foot. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 There were new sponsors this year, including bourbon company Elijah Craig and other cigar sellers. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 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
  • For customers, the bigger takeaway is that competition in fast food appears to be getting tighter, especially as hungry patrons pay closer attention to freshness, variety and value.
    — Staff reports, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Pride events are held today in San Diego to honor the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City and patrons fought back in a dayslong confrontation.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of patrons
Verb
  • The money funds European retail expansion and a herbal range.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The demonstration was supported by UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), which funds emerging technologies with potential military applications.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • Verma noted that these centered around policy or ideological disagreements, which allowed the government to rally its supporters with counter-narratives.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Before the ceremony, nominees, performers, presenters and supporters gathered near the Black Carpet.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 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
  • But while the group tries to expand its outreach, some of the program’s largest benefactors are moving on.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • The park around the corner lists one of its benefactors as Todd Graves, the LSU donor and CEO of the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers empire.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 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
  • Rather than fund programs directly, the credit underwrites the capital those programs run on and asks recipients to keep that capital in service for 15 years.
    — Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 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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