auspice

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

Having heard here and there words of evil auspice, we comprehended that the Chinese ambassador was secretly plotting our expulsion from Thibet. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc

DHS consolidated a whole bunch of agencies under its auspices, from the Coast Guard to Federal Emergency Management Agency, but its most consequential new department was the U.S.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Nakamura is a special correspondent writing for The Times under the auspices of the International Center for Journalists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

It also pledged their "commitment to working towards achieving our just southern goal through preparations for a comprehensive southern conference under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia".

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

The animals cannot be rehomed, explains Mrs Mansfield, with many requiring licences to keep them under the auspices of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

He wrote to Charles, “It is a marriage which will give almost as much pleasure to the rest of the world as it does to yourselves—the best auspices I should think for any marriage.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman