as in patronage
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
a youth softball league under the sponsorship of local businesses
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Recent Examples of sponsorship
Including strategic sponsorship support, overall revenue doubled year-on-year from 2023 to 2025, and production volumes are set to rise by nearly 80% next season, Safdie says, to meet escalating demand.
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Amy Francombe, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
For more than a decade, Northside has partnered with the track club and Peachtree, including its sponsorship of the Northside Hospital Atlanta Women’s 4 Miler held Mother’s Day weekend.
—Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The project is supported through fiscal sponsorship by the Alliance of Women Directors, where Andrews was an inaugural RDF Fellow.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Brown has a sponsorship deal with Oakley.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Through the sponsorship, Carlsen will join Cohere as a global ambassador, lending his status and mindset to amplify the company’s brand and mission.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Gu has a slew of sponsorships, from global brands such as Porsche to Chinese companies such as Anta Sports that are less well known outside of China.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Visa entered Formula 1 in 2024 with Red Bull Racing its first new global sports sponsorship agreement in 15 years.
—Jenna Fryer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Biden-era sponsorship of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela also allowed more legal immigrants, and Milwaukee in particular became a hub for Burmese refugees from Myanmar.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Amy Francombe, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
For more than a decade, Northside has partnered with the track club and Peachtree, including its sponsorship of the Northside Hospital Atlanta Women’s 4 Miler held Mother’s Day weekend.
—Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The project is supported through fiscal sponsorship by the Alliance of Women Directors, where Andrews was an inaugural RDF Fellow.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Brown has a sponsorship deal with Oakley.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Through the sponsorship, Carlsen will join Cohere as a global ambassador, lending his status and mindset to amplify the company’s brand and mission.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Gu has a slew of sponsorships, from global brands such as Porsche to Chinese companies such as Anta Sports that are less well known outside of China.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Visa entered Formula 1 in 2024 with Red Bull Racing its first new global sports sponsorship agreement in 15 years.
—Jenna Fryer, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Biden-era sponsorship of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela also allowed more legal immigrants, and Milwaukee in particular became a hub for Burmese refugees from Myanmar.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsorship
Noun
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Where Boss Daley extracted political patronage, the nascent boss of black Chicago began to demand economic patronage.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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In January 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that Andrew had been stripped of his honorary military roles and royal patronages and that they had been returned to the Queen.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Ross has said that $65 million in federal funding that would be vulnerable if the city did not act, and that the city had already lost a $50,000 grant because words implying inclusion were used.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Feb. 2026
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Federal funds also typically benefit such schools through Title I funding, which is set aside for schools with high concentrations of poverty.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Sponsorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsorship. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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