sponsoring

verb

present participle of sponsor
as in funding

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Recent Examples of sponsoring Mercedes-Benz has been sponsoring the Masters for almost 20 years; the 140-year-old automaker came on as an inaugural sponsor of ANWA seven years ago. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponsoring
  1. funding
  2. financing
  3. underwriting
  4. patronizing
Verb
  • Mike Coppola | Getty Images Rare Ventures will initially focus on funding the development of new treatments for seven different rare conditions.
    — Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Parton invested time and money in causes that were important to her, including funding college tuition and saving bald eagles.
    — Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of funding
Verb
  • Many view the deals, which Nvidia is financing from its massive cash pile, as creating dangerous interdependencies with the AI business.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The magnitude of all of Nvidia's financial commitments — from financing to strategic agreements to equity investments — has had Wall Street on edge.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of financing
Verb
  • Never fully accepted by China and Russia and resented by newly assertive middle powers, its main financial backers—the American people—have lost interest in underwriting its further development.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Insurance, however, wasn't as good, with underwriting earnings falling 13% and insurance investment income dropping 9%.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of underwriting
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  • The letter explained in patronizing terms how the English government worked.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • He was arrested four more times through 2015, pleading guilty on separate occasions to patronizing a prostitute and resisting arrest.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of patronizing

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“Sponsoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsoring. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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