as in patron
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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Recent Examples of sponsor
Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
The team is also engaging with its sponsors to develop creative draws, such as giving away 500 free tickets to youth football players during its game on April 18.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
City law prohibits certain employees from asking companies that do business with their departments to sponsor projects, even for legitimate governmental causes.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Players and coaches have become maddeningly mealy-mouthed, striving to avoid upsetting agents, sponsors, owners, fans, thin-skinned politicians, and whoever else might object.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
The team is also engaging with its sponsors to develop creative draws, such as giving away 500 free tickets to youth football players during its game on April 18.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
Jernigan found a Republican sponsor in the state Senate and built a bipartisan coalition of nearly one-third of the state’s House members to co-sponsor the bill.
—ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
City law prohibits certain employees from asking companies that do business with their departments to sponsor projects, even for legitimate governmental causes.
—Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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In the wake of the immigration raids last summer, many of their potential patrons refrained from hosting celebrations, dampening their business.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jaime said the space seats about 130 patrons and will soon add a patio.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Pay raises for 42,000 employees The budget will also fund controversial pay raises for state employees.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The complaints were both filed about a month apart by Jeremy Fetzer, a political consultant who also runs the political action committee Osceola Action Committee and is a supporter of Mayor Jackie Espinosa, who is herself facing ethics charges.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The zoo, which celebrates its 200th anniversary this week, has announced plans to build a new medical center that will feature a viewing gallery for visitors, thanks to a donation of £20 million ($27 million) from a long-term supporter who is not being identified.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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In older homes, Reiner warns that outdated materials like aluminum or knob-and-tube wiring can be fire hazards, too, and may even prevent a home from being insured or financed.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
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These include decisions by a hostile California judiciary which, especially in the last two decades, have sided with the government and its special interest benefactors by creating loopholes that significantly weakened taxpayer protections that had stood for over 40 years.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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The filmmakers reserved their incisive commentary not for Wintour or her staff, but for their notable friends and benefactors The Bezoses.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The state police have other options to get taxpayer dollars to underwrite the work, which has already been done.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Soon enough, there was the Giorgio Armani retrospective at the Guggenheim, and JPMorgan Chase underwrote the opening day of the new MoMA, which had spent half a billion dollars to rebuild itself.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That put Alex Tuch in position to grab a loose puck and set up Peyton Krebs for a goal to put the Sabres up 1-0.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the crowds of shoppers and tourists along North Michigan Avenue got thicker last year, and many retailers, large and small, are setting up new operations near Water Tower Place.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The arrival of Max & Helen’s doubles as a reminder to patronize these institutions before more of them disappear.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Trade school is often talked about as an alternative to a four-year degree, but the discourse can be patronizing, with jobs in construction framed as an off-ramp for the kids who can’t cut it in real college.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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