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patron

noun as in person who does business at establishment

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Fleeing patrons seemed to have caused a traffic jam while crossing a nearby street from the mall.

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The filmmaker, who turned 83 this month, wanted to explore them on screen since the early 1980s, but it wasn’t until recently that he found an eager corporate patron in Fox Nation.

Harnett had much simpler taste than his patrons, and while “Ease” is not a vanitas painting auguring death, he was known for incorporating traces of humor and irony in his paintings.

The flame ceremony was flanked by sculptures from the Temple of Zeus, the patron god of the ancient Olympics.

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Everything was chosen for relevance to Caravaggio’s decade in Rome and to his Roman patrons.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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