patronize
Example Sentences
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She said she still plans to patronize Cracker Barrel, including during the holidays.
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.
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
Woolf could patronize American writing in 1919 in part because the U.S. still seemed provincial.
Practitioners of downward dog and their actual dogs patronize this tangerine-colored canteen.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
