patrons
Example Sentences
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My husband enjoyed humble pleasures, and he had two favorite fast-casual restaurants where the food was good, the patrons were kind, and the staff were simply salt-of-the-earth people.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
"In the 1840 narrative, Byfield sought to impress wealthy patrons by presenting himself as a dutiful soldier and deserving veteran," O'Keeffe says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
What CPL hoped patrons would take from the number, though, was something bigger than thrift.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Other patrons include Caitlin Kalinowski, a former robotics executive at OpenAI who recently moved to Anthropic; agriculture executive and philanthropist Taylor Kirkpatrick; and Claire Spaht, the wife of private equity billionaire Holden Spaht.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
All three of them looked up, as did several other watching patrons.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
