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Patronized by Americo-Liberian ladies who see themselves less as fellow Africans than as a civilizing vanguard, Gbessa negotiates a double exclusion that only intensifies once she marries the settlers’ military chief.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019

Patronized by well-to-do Kenyans and expatriates, Westgate mall epitomized the African consumer bonanza that is drawing foreign investment - from West and East - to one of the world's fastest growing regions.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2013

Patronized by WPA on a scale unequaled even by the Renaissance Church, they began earnestly plastering the walls of U.S. post offices and courthouses with attempts at monumentality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Patronized by the nobles the craft quickly took root and was blossoming profusely at Urbino, Gubbio, Pesaro, Faenza and other cities at the end of the fifteenth century.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

He is a charitable fanatic, who does more good in the East End than all the Royally Patronized Associations put together.

From The Crooked House by Fleming, Brandon