auspices

plural of auspice
as in sponsorship
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking a program for inner-city youths that is under the auspices of a national corporation

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Noun
  • Newsweek contacted the companies planning to suspend sponsorship for comment outside of regular working hours.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • With over 500,000 YouTube subscribers and 340,000 Twitch followers, Naroditsky created plenty of extra revenue for himself through subscriptions, donations, advertising, and sponsorships.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The outcome, with no legal means to be overturned, further cements Biya’s decades-long grip on power and underscores the resilience of Cameroon’s entrenched political system, largely based on patronage.
    Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Attorney General’s office would now have to make the move to regulate card rooms, which an impact assessment commissioned by the office estimates would reduce patronage by about 50 percent, and have ripple effects on jobs and city tax revenue.
    Kate Wolffe October 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Auspices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auspices. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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