How to Use patronage in a Sentence

patronage

noun
Definition of patronagenext
Synonyms for patronagenext
  • They thanked her for her patronage of the new hospital.
  • The college relied on the patronage of its wealthy graduates to expand its funds.
  • The city should do more to encourage patronage of local businesses.
  • This was the era of Tammany Hall, in which patronage, bribery, and fraud were the order of the day.
    — Nick Tabor, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Which is to say, that when the food is good enough, there’s enough patronage to go around.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • It’s been going strong since 2006, in no small part thanks to the early patronage of the then-young royals.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • Iran has secured great-power patronage for the first time in four decades.
    — Reuel Marc Gerecht, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
  • After Diana died in 1997, then-Prince Charles took over the patronage.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • The award is organized under the patronage of the Italian Senate and the state of Sicily.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
  • All of it was a signal to the world that not only is Putin is not isolated, his patronage is still prized in some parts of the globe.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 19 June 2024
  • In their view, good art is more about the process rather than the result, and patronage is about friendship instead of genius.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Their menus offer some tasty food and need your patronage during this time as well.
    — cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
  • That the patronage of online collectors could fund the creation of murals in the real world might be the best use of NFTs yet.
    — Suhita Shirodkar, Wired, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Many of them have funded their fighters and patronage cliques from the opium profits for years.
    — Time, 17 July 2023
  • This is the second patronage that Prince Charles, 72, has been handed from his younger brother, 61.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Diana’s visit came about because of her patronage of the Welsh Opera.
    — Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Three of the four cities are already above their pre-pandemic peaks for bar and restaurant patronage.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That’s double the hotel rooms used, double the restaurant patronage, double the bar tabs, etc.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In response, Queen Elizabeth II stripped the prince of his titles and patronages.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • That credit was redeemable in patronage jobs, and Clements was made a deputy clerk of the Municipal Court.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Some of these free-charging locations require patronage at the business to be able to charge there.
    — Taylor Burnette, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
  • Its patronage for the axis of resistance is part and parcel of that campaign.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024
  • As the story goes, the old master found a kindred soul in the young king, whose patronage would be all but unconditional.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The supervision was tied to the decades-old Shakman patronage lawsuit.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Prince Harry is back in New York City to support his patronages and philanthropies.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The suit was first filed in 1969, when patronage was essential to the Democratic Party’s machine.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • That goes for the score of Bock and Harnick, too, whose jewel box show with the inviting storefront seems forever to deserve your patronage.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Madigan was a major player in the world of patronage dating to his alignment with the first Mayor Daley.
    — Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
  • For the axis, Russia’s patronage came at the perfect moment.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Marin says that Ulloa’s patronage helped elevate Chicano artists in the eyes of dealers.
    — Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023

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