auspice
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People were bemused earlier this year upon learning that former presidential candidate Mitt Romney had a sock puppet account – an account used to big oneself up, under the auspice of being someone else.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2019
During that time, I felt sort of set free by living under Kelly Reichardt’s auspice.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2016
The station has only recently moved into Bauer's London HQ under the auspice of former Top of the Pops executive producer, Ric Blaxill.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2013
The word auspice, meaning sign or omen, is telescoped from the Latin words avis, bird, and specere, to see.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sign, omen, auspice, portent, prognostic, augury, foretoken, adumbration, presage, indication.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) Bachelor
A ceasefire and demilitarisation accord is signed the next day in Sarajevo under UN auspices, but it is never respected.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The memo also says that Iran's enriched uranium will be "down-blended" – meaning diluted – on site, under the auspices of the IAEA, the UN's nuclear watchdog.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mojica Loaisiga is a special correspondent writing for The Times under the auspices of the International Center for Journalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Though cagey on peace with Israel, Mr. Sharaa is negotiating a security agreement with the Jewish state under Mr. Trump’s auspices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Now even nonviolent law-abiding protests under the auspices of the ANC were illegal.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
