patronize
Example Sentences
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Woolf could patronize American writing in 1919 in part because the U.S. still seemed provincial.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Practitioners of downward dog and their actual dogs patronize this tangerine-colored canteen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
If we want an art scene here, we have to patronize it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
Azuka said it has resonated with audiences who she was keen not to "patronize".
From BBC • Mar. 17, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
