patronage
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Its unifying force was a combination of Banerjee's charismatic personal appeal and the patronage that comes with power.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“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
Some argued that it only stayed afloat because of official patronage, which fell away after Mugabe's ousting.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Instead, it took the patronage of the “decadent” Ptolemies to put ancient Greek science—and book collecting—on a firm institutional footing.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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