patronage
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Patronage systems allocate jobs, public-works contracts, cheap loans and access to foreign cash, hollowing out the entrepreneurial class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
Patronage jobs — positions granted, often to the friends and family of powerful politicians or in return for money or favors — were officially eliminated.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023
Relatives of soldiers have given DNA samples, and experts are now working to identify the remains, said the representative of the Patronage Service of the Azov Regiment, Natalia Bahrii.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022
Patronage and art projects kept Lear afloat; he became a master at being a guest of the wealthy — a witty, engaging, sympathetic figure always happy to entertain children or give instruction in painting.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018
In Patronage, Miss Edgeworth's fondness for poetical justice has certainly carried her very far.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
Vocabulary lists containing patronage
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