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also egis
1
as in protection
means or method of defending
having no claim to the land under the aegis of the law, the cattle baron decided to claim it by force
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as in sponsorship
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
a medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company
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The 10-day calendar of events kicked off Sept. 5 and will close here Saturday, under the aegis of an overarching theme Terra Cosmos.
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
Regardless of exactly whose aegis a peacekeeping mission was under, UN agencies would still need to form the backbone of the actual humanitarian and development response on the ground.
—Jonathan Lincoln, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, NBCUniversal has put local stations, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo’s news assets under the aegis of a single executive.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Under his aegis will be a team of technologists, including engineers, product managers and designers, data scientists and technical operations teams.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
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Sofia Celeste, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024
Regardless of exactly whose aegis a peacekeeping mission was under, UN agencies would still need to form the backbone of the actual humanitarian and development response on the ground.
—Jonathan Lincoln, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, NBCUniversal has put local stations, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo’s news assets under the aegis of a single executive.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Under his aegis will be a team of technologists, including engineers, product managers and designers, data scientists and technical operations teams.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Aegis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aegis. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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