patronize

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Bryant said members of the council emphasized ensuring the messaging didn’t patronize young users and allowed teens enough time to download their conversations and say goodbye to their chatbots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Woolf could patronize American writing in 1919 in part because the U.S. still seemed provincial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Customers who want to patronize Langer’s Deli can park in the business’ lot at the northeast corner of 7th Street and Westlake Avenue, where Langer said he put an attendant onduty as a safety measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

I’ve been thinking about the nightclubs our community used to frequent and the ones we patronize now.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

As word spread that a young, handsome, and apparently unmarried doctor now stood behind the counter, an increasing number of single women in their twenties began to patronize the store.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson