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Patronized by Americo-Liberian ladies who see themselves less as fellow Africans than as a civilizing vanguard, Gbessa negotiates a double exclusion that only intensifies once she marries the settlers’ military chief.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019

Patronized by well-to-do Kenyans and expatriates, Westgate mall epitomized the African consumer bonanza that is drawing foreign investment - from West and East - to one of the world's fastest growing regions.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2013

Patronized by WPA on a scale unequaled even by the Renaissance Church, they began earnestly plastering the walls of U.S. post offices and courthouses with attempts at monumentality.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wish somebody would tell me whether other countries get Patronized to anything like the extent of this one!

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Patronized by his neighbors, his place was always quiet and orderly.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.