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
Jim Beam Ahead of the 2026 season, the new Cadillac F1 entry to the grid has one of its first sponsorship deals.
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Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Green cards, officially known as Permanent Resident Cards, are awarded based on family ties, employer sponsorship and lottery systems.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But there’s little left in the desert for a festival that once promised an escape from corporate sponsorship.
—Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Others supporting through sponsorship were Volvo, BMW, Gunther Werks, Arcade Cars, and Luminari Motor Company, to name a few.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
This is the first Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship for Starbucks, which joins a short list of LA28 founding partners.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Green cards, officially known as Permanent Resident Cards, are awarded based on family ties, employer sponsorship and lottery systems.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But there’s little left in the desert for a festival that once promised an escape from corporate sponsorship.
—Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Others supporting through sponsorship were Volvo, BMW, Gunther Werks, Arcade Cars, and Luminari Motor Company, to name a few.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
This is the first Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship for Starbucks, which joins a short list of LA28 founding partners.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsorship
Noun
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Thailand has long been hostage to antiquated patronage politics, with cash handouts and other inducements distributed via influential local families, known as baan yai, commonplace to foster support.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After years of delays from heavy winter storms, COVID, funding shortfalls, and more fires, crews built a new trail as part of a $2 million upgrade to the park, with impressive new wooden bridges, signs and other amenities, completing the project in 2021.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Senate Republicans met Thursday afternoon to discuss their next steps forward and are mulling a proposal to vote first on the Senate Democratic stopgap funding measure.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
19 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sponsorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsorship. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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