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patronage

[pey-truh-nij, pa‑] / ˈpeɪ trə nɪdʒ, ˈpæ‑ /




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The tool of our age, the break from the patronage networks of the past, is AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

Its unifying force was a combination of Banerjee's charismatic personal appeal and the patronage that comes with power.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Our patronage definitely dropped because of the pandemic, and I don’t know that it’s ever completely recovered,” the librarian said, adding that “downtown, in general, hasn’t.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

His tenuous position owed everything to British patronage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Nor could dispensers of government patronage merely weigh scientific projects against one another: the cost of high-energy physics had become so great that broader priorities were implicated.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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