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sponsor

[spon-ser] / ˈspɒn sər /




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The United States said Wednesday it will delist Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decades-old designation that severely impeded investment, in a new vote of confidence in leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Firms have turned to the secondary market and so-called continuation vehicles, which give fund investors an opportunity to cash out while allowing the sponsor to own and manage the asset.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

According to the lawsuit, Kil attended the demonstration in her personal capacity and not as an advisory to SJP, which did not organize or sponsor the demonstration.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Sponsors review drafts only to guard confidential material, the university added, or in cases where a sponsor is a co-author of a work.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

We’ve also formed a club with Ms. Simon as our teacher sponsor.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

The New York City Soccer Initiative, a collaboration between the city, NYC FC, and corporate sponsors is also building 26 mini soccer pitches at local schools.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Not surprisingly, she currently has no sponsors, just equipment support from Head Sport and Asics Corp., making her Wimbledon run particularly lucrative.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Regardless of whether explicit conflict disclosures were in place or were met, said Dana Fisher, a sociologist at American University who studies climate policy and activism, there were norms and expectations around interactions with sponsors.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Official sponsors pay huge sums for the right to associate themselves with the World Cup.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The national flags of Nepal and South Africa, along with banners from Kodak, Apple Computer, and other sponsors, flew from a pair of tall aluminum flagpoles.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

No, these were good old-fashioned pirates, sponsored by the Barbary states: the kingdom of Morocco was independent, while Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis owed a loose allegiance to the Ottoman Empire.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Eight years later, in 1982, 2,075 couples simultaneously got married in a mass wedding sponsored by The Unification Church.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The Dodger stadium event was apparently an annual gathering sponsored by the California Credit Union — and later by an affiliated foundation — to honor deserving new teachers as “Rookies of the Year.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

The project is sponsored by the Biological and Physical Sciences division within NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

She sponsored a trolley campaign in New York State and an automobile tour across Illinois.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The U.S. recently sanctioned Rwanda’s military and several senior officers for sponsoring a different insurgent group, called M23, that has seized large chunks of eastern Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

America 250, by contrast, is decidedly smaller, sponsoring art exhibits and coordinated "block parties" across the country.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

We were sponsoring him when he was 17 and he signed with us when he was 18 and old enough to turn professional.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Brands are increasingly sponsoring interest-based community groups, like Rummikub clubs and dad groups, to reach consumers offline.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

When the woman who’s the borough president announced that the city was sponsoring a street fair on 145th Street, I saw a chance to cheer Peaches up.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers




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