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
Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, cannabis businesses cannot sponsor individuals, entities, events, activities, or facilities.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Evan Bush, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Boosting oil production is seen by the bill’s sponsors and the California Energy Commission as a means of mitigating gasoline price spikes following decades of refinery closures.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Additionally, with each episode, Amazon sponsors all of the items on one teacher’s classroom wishlist.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Additionally, cannabis businesses cannot sponsor individuals, entities, events, activities, or facilities.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
The bill most likely stands a slim chance as stand-alone legislation; Republicans control the Senate, and none of them are listed as co-sponsors.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Boosting oil production is seen by the bill’s sponsors and the California Energy Commission as a means of mitigating gasoline price spikes following decades of refinery closures.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsor
Noun
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Chance Theater also offer sensory-friendly performances so neurodiverse patrons and their families can experience the magic of live theater.—
Amy Bentley,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Described as a human encyclopedia of music, Lowell Pickett opened the club in 1985 to create an experience for patrons.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More significantly, Abu Dhabi funded the development of Russia’s unique Pantsir-S1 medium-range air defense system, receiving units up to three years before the Russian Army even did.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Princeton University runs an apprenticeship program, partially funded by the Department of Energy, which offers training in more than a dozen fields including welding and cybersecurity.—
Liam Knox,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Participants are currently gathering pledges from friends and supporters.—
Nate Heinold,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Fields had plenty of supporters in the locker room and even on the staff.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Without visiting a lot or dealership spaces, prospective car buyers can browse inventory, finance their purchase, and arrange a delivery of a car to their home or office, from a laptop, tablet, or smartphone.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With no ground to generate revenue, and limited gate receipts, Enfield FC rely on benefactors putting large sums of money into the club — not uncommon at this level.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The cartoon continues to relish poking its corporate benefactors.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The rest was underwritten by donors, with some of the work done by volunteers.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Sep. 2025
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The move underwrites expanded faculty, student fellowships, global programming, and the Center for Global Futures.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While the Platinum card’s perks, like a $400 dining credit through Resy or $300 Lululemon credit, do require online enrollment, American Express said a new app feature for Platinum users would make setting up and using benefits straightforward.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Another problem is that agentic AI relies on the ability of agents to interact and operate with third-party systems, and many third-party systems aren’t set up to work with this yet.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With news of Redford’s death Tuesday at age 89, several Tiburon residents remembered him as a gracious, unassuming man who liked to walk around town and patronize local restaurants.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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From metro Detroit to Kalamazoo, the Flint area and beyond, there are dozens of local cider mills to patronize this season.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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