How to Use patronage in a Sentence
patronage
noun- 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.
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Her Majesty took the patronage over from Queen Mary in 1953.
—Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
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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
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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
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Many attribute his good fortune in those years to the patronage of Zhou.
—Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
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But Amazon doesn't need your patronage, the small business down the street does.
—Mark T. Mitchell For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 13 Oct. 2020
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That scene was filmed at Julius’, a real bar in New York and one of the older sites of gay activism and patronage in the city.
—Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 26 June 2019
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And despite the fact that the business model runs on the patronage of the elderly.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
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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
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Iran has secured great-power patronage for the first time in four decades.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht, wsj.com, 8 May 2023
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Marsh was the third in a line of Stanley’s propelled to arts patronage by their oil money.
—Daisy Alioto, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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The project to build the hospice was one of the last patronages of the late Princess Diana, and it was completed a few years after her 1997 death.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Such patronage politics lacks the drama of troops on the streets.
—The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
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After Diana died in 1997, then-Prince Charles took over the patronage.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
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The award is organized under the patronage of the Italian Senate and the state of Sicily.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
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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
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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
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Inside, the lengthy bar top had ample notches, scrapes and grooves from years of patronage.
—Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019
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Their menus offer some tasty food and need your patronage during this time as well.
—cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022
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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
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Set against that backdrop, a return to the indulgence and patronage of the pre-Tsipras era would be calamitous.
—The Economist, 4 July 2019
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Meghan's been busy since stepping down, both with patronages and in Canada.
—Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 23 Jan. 2020
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This new patronage is on-brand for Kate, who is known to be an art lover and avid photographer.
—Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 June 2019
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Many of them have funded their fighters and patronage cliques from the opium profits for years.
—Time, 17 July 2023
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This is the second patronage that Prince Charles, 72, has been handed from his younger brother, 61.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 Apr. 2021
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Diana’s visit came about because of her patronage of the Welsh Opera.
—Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2022
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In the late sixteen-twenties, Artemisia went to Venice, seeking fresh patronage.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
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The judge has not yet ruled on a 2009 interview in which Madigan discussed his use of the patronage system.
—Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
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