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 All artists take sponsorships and 99% pocket that money on top of (ticket) sales. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 May 2026 Those donations developed into sponsorships, which turned into year-round partnerships with jockeys. —

Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026 Ahead of the Champions League semi-final first leg between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, who are also sponsored by Visit Rwanda, a protest to drop the sponsorship was held outside the stadium while white armbands were being offered to cover said sponsorships on Arsenal shirts. —

Art De Roché, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Budweiser is running a nostalgia campaign built around its 40-year tournament sponsorship. —

Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Another person involved in some partnerships told us that the podcast sponsorships reflected standard industry practices and terms, and did not include any services out of the norm. —

Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Community partnership is a huge aspect of the city’s plans for this summer’s tournament, with Kramer expressing gratitude to local businesses for pitching in their time, ideas and sponsorship that make possible more affordable prices. —

Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 May 2026 Museums and art foundations have grown increasingly reliant on sponsorship as public funding for culture dries up on both sides of the Atlantic. —

Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 The parent organization of the Sundance Film Festival this week shared details about the titles appearing at Film on the Rocks, Boulder Creek Fest, and other major events as part of its co-sponsorship with various local programmers. —

John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 May 2026

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Noun

The railroad did not acknowledge that their policy, not the lack of Black hunger, contributed to the low rate of Black patronage.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The switch from French to Russian patronage came after coups in Mali in 2020 and 2021, followed by two in Burkina Faso in 2022, then one in Niger in 2023.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026