patronize
Example Sentences
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She said she still plans to patronize Cracker Barrel, including during the holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
As journalist Madeline Peltz has documented, after that, he “staged more and more debates on college campuses,” focused on generating “bite-sized clips” that showcased how Kirk “would patronize and shame” students, largely young women.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 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
There’s a subsection of A-Listers in L.A. — true film nerds — who attend AMC showings frequently but also patronize local independent theaters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 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.
