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noun

plural of sponsor
as in patrons
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of sponsor
as in funds

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Recent Examples of sponsors
Noun
Stefanovic thanked existing sponsors and called for new ones, confirming the independent podcast would continue. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 June 2026 Such large numbers could have been a driving factor in the reluctance or unwillingness of plan sponsors to participate in the BALANCE model as it was originally designed. — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, one of the measure’s sponsors, claimed in a phone interview that California does not send ballots to people who have since left the state of California, which could influence elections. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 Bordewich says about 20% of the American population visited Philadelphia, mostly via direct passenger service provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad — one of the fair's biggest sponsors. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 July 2026 Assuming the company meets the requirements, index-tracking funds and other product sponsors would begin purchasing shares after the market closes on July 6, with SpaceX officially joining the Nasdaq-100 before trading begins on July 7. — Yun Li, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Melton said the festival is free because of corporate sponsors, including Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, Centier Bank and Northern Indiana Public Service Company. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsors
  1. patrons
  2. funds
  3. supporters
  4. stakes
  5. benefactors
  6. finances
  7. underwrites
  8. patronizes
Noun
  • In some countries, such as Japan, tipping can even be viewed as awkward, inappropriate, and unnecessary as patrons eat, pay the bill, and simply leave.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Ross will be helping select and convince audience members to join her in the show, wandering the aisles to chat as patrons first file in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of patrons
Verb
  • The expenses Grapes for Glioblastoma covers are deliberately different from what cancer philanthropy typically funds.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • The bipartisan reform proposal would tweak the payroll tax that funds Social Security.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of funds
Noun
  • The event is open to #LatinaGeeks members, allies and supporters.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Duplass Brothers Productions is one of the original supporters of the fund, which was created to support micro-budget feature filmmaking by transgender creators.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of supporters
Verb
  • The Arab Republic of Egypt (1953) stakes a natural claim to the Rosetta Stone, which was commissioned in 196 BCE by a Greek-speaking pharaoh of Macedonian descent, and unearthed near Alexandria by French engineers in 1799.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Ocean Casino Resort stakes its claim directly on the Atlantic City Boardwalk with views of a ferris wheel and lighthouse as though to remind you of the city’s modest beachtown origins.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
Definition of stakes
Noun
  • And then from behind him came Miuccia Prada, the co-creative director and owner of her namesake brand, one of the world’s great art collectors and high-cultural benefactors.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 June 2026
  • The question is, will their billionaire benefactors be so quick to write checks this time after coming up short again.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of benefactors
Verb
  • Read on for your June career and finances horoscope according to your zodiac sign.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Taxes from tabs go to the state Highway User Tax Distribution Fund, which finances Minnesota’s highway system.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
Definition of finances
Verb
  • An investor who underwrites to the seller's tax line rather than the post-sale reassessment is buying a cap rate that will never actually exist for them.
    — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Goldman advises hyperscalers, underwrites chip company offerings, and sits at the table with the companies building the very infrastructure Covello was interrogating.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Definition of underwrites
Verb
  • Liam, the brother who clearly wanted this reunion the most, and wore the inability to re-consummate the brotherly relationship like an open wound, is still given mostly to jokes on stage more than serious statements or anything that patronizes the audience.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of patronizes

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