cosponsor

noun

co·spon·sor (ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər

variants or

plural cosponsors or co-sponsors

Synonyms of cosponsor next

: a joint sponsor

The senator was a cosponsor for both bills.

Michigan Tech Student Relay For Life is a participating cosponsor of this event.—

The Daily Mining Gazette

cosponsor transitive verb

cosponsored or co-sponsored; cosponsoring or co-sponsoring

This year Simpson is carrying on the legislative struggle without Mazzoli, who has declined to cosponsor the bill without support from the Democratic House leadership … —

George Russell

The following summer, Bingham returned to Machu Picchu with an expedition co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society. —

Duane Damon

cosponsorship

(ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər-ˌship

noun

or co-sponsorship

Increasingly, large urban malls are being built with the co-sponsorship of city governments. —

Witold Rybczynski

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House members who did not sign on as cosponsors are Republican Reps. Chuck Edwards, Virginia Foxx, Brad Knott and Pat Harrigan, and Democrat Alma Adams. —

Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025 Its eight cosponsors are split between the parties. —

Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 Schumer, a Democrat and cosponsor of the legislation, could invoke a Senate rule that would skip a committee hearing and send the bill directly to a floor vote by the full Senate. —

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024 State of play: The Senate bill, introduced last year by Ed Markey and Ted Cruz, racked up support from 62 Senate cosponsors. —

Daniel Moore, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cosponsor