Thesaurus results for SPONSORSHIP

sponsorship

noun

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 For over two decades, her father has been trying to do just that with the help of his brother, who is a citizen, through his I-130 sponsorship, also called a family petition. —

Marie Saavedra, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026 The hosts talk about how the saga shows the other side of sports sponsorships. —

Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2026 Truliant Amphitheater is operated by Live Nation, the world’s largest live entertainment company, which manages naming rights partnerships and on-site sponsorships. —

Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026 But if a person seeking status is already wealthy or attains corporate sponsorship, for instance, a viable pathway to citizenship opens up, even if only slightly. —

Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026 Creators will also soon have more control over sponsorship campaigns. —

Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026 Nearly 60 invested in unique elements tied to the Games and more than a dozen invested in sponsorships that will offer fans more live sports viewing. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Jan. 2026 In 2025, the four tournaments paid out over $285 million between them, while their leaders spent the year shadowboxing with the players who make their events unmissable, whose gravity pulls in the broadcast deals and sponsorships, with their own dollar signs and zeroes. —

Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026 Other features are available for sponsorships as well. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026

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Noun

This was the decade of Italy’s ascension onto the global style stage, following the patronage of Giovanni Battista Giorgini and the Made In Italy movement the aristocrat inspired.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The partnership marks the first time M+’s moving-image initiatives will be made available to a worldwide streaming audience, a step that both deepens Chanel’s cultural-patronage footprint in Asia and expands Mubi’s curatorial ambitions across the region, the partners say.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026