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
Under the auspice of history, box-office failures like The Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life outshine some of their era's biggest hits.
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
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
"We call on all actors to constructively engage in negotiations under UN auspices."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
Most recently, under the auspices of Venetian Heritage, an international foundation that supports conservation, publications and exhibitions, the painting was intensively studied and worked on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Although I would never move there under the government’s auspices, I dreamed of one day returning to a free Transkei.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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