patronage
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“The Magic Flute,” one of the world’s two or three most popular operas, needs no such patronage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 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
Reflecting his own abiding interests, Frederick wanted to turn Brandenburg-Prussia into a “kingdom of the Enlightenment,” characterized by religious tolerance and patronage of the arts and sciences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
What he had run up against was a deep-rooted system of patronage controlled by a single family.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Rutherford had relocated to Montreal and a professorship at McGill University, which featured a lavishly equipped laboratory funded by a Canadian businessman, in an early example of scientific patronage by industry.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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