patronage
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The two young admirals, many assert, enjoyed meteoric career rises thanks to family patronage: They are nephews of a former secretary of the navy, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Treasury Department added that it has now imposed sanctions on over 200 individuals, entities and vessels operating under Shamkhani's patronage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Radical reform was required to rebuild the civil service and replace its patronage system with open competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But power also brought access to patronage, protection and, critics allege, opportunities for enrichment.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Lawrence thereby presided over a transformation of American science as profound as any change inspired purely by scientific discovery: the launch of peacetime government patronage.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing patronage
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