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as in condescended
to assume or treat with an air of superiority
a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors
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as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of
a company that loyally patronizes the arts
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Recent Examples of patronized
Antitrust regulators’ wariness of satellite TV mergers comes from a time when such companies were the only providers available to viewers in suburban and rural areas, which tended to be less dense population-wise and weren’t patronized by cable networks over high infrastructure costs.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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However, as of Friday afternoon, Bill Murray has been silent on the issue and hasn't endorsed either candidate.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The superstar endorsed his opponent, Kamala Harris a few weeks later.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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With the extra attacker out, Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal with 26 seconds left in regulation time to cut the Rangers lead to 3-2, but the Sharks could not find the equalizer.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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European countries, meanwhile, have some of the world’s strictest targets to cut emissions by 2030 — but have also secured new gas supplies following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Kennedy has pushed a number of public health conspiracies, most prominently around vaccines, and has advocated for other positions that are generally out of the mainstream, such as more availability of unpasteurized milk.Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Many Democrats campaigned on a tax-the-rich agenda and advocated paying for other tax cuts by targeting those provisions, as well as rolling back the law’s tax cuts for corporations and individuals making more than $400,000 per year.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Obama later supported Harris during her campaign to be California’s attorney general in 2010 and her Senate bid in 2016.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The best thing wealth managers can do is to tailor philanthropic advice to accommodate these generational differences, ensuring that both younger and older investors feel understood and supported in their philanthropic endeavors.April Rudin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Patronized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronized. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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