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as in to condescend
to assume or treat with an air of superiority
a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors
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as in to endorse
to promote the interests or cause of
a company that loyally patronizes the arts
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Recent Examples of patronize
Out-of-towners patronized the city’s Haitian restaurants.
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Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Its animation patronizes the third world via DIE dictates, same as with the endless iterations of The Lion King, but this cartoon exoticism is just a new form of the blatant colonialism that Claude Lévi-Strauss lamented in his 1958 memoir Tristes Tropiques.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
The team also partners with Marathon Petroleum subsidiary Arco, which last season offered free food and drinks at the Golden 1 Center to fans who patronized its gas stations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Small Business Saturday, which will be on Nov. 30 this year, encourages shoppers to patronize one of the 33 million independent businesses in the United States.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Its animation patronizes the third world via DIE dictates, same as with the endless iterations of The Lion King, but this cartoon exoticism is just a new form of the blatant colonialism that Claude Lévi-Strauss lamented in his 1958 memoir Tristes Tropiques.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Dec. 2024
The team also partners with Marathon Petroleum subsidiary Arco, which last season offered free food and drinks at the Golden 1 Center to fans who patronized its gas stations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Small Business Saturday, which will be on Nov. 30 this year, encourages shoppers to patronize one of the 33 million independent businesses in the United States.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Worse still, at least in the eyes of the Internet, Lively committed the heinous crime of being slightly condescending in interviews sometimes.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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Most Americans and Canadians are beyond fed up with the anti-business and anti-democracy policies of condescending leadership.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
8 Jan. 2025
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In 1973, the Annual Meeting endorsed the Davos Manifesto, a code of ethics for business leaders that lays out Schwab's principles of stakeholder capitalism.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Musk — who has endorsed antisemitic remarks and aligned himself with far-right factions, including the Alternative for Germany in that country — made the gestures during a giddy speech celebrating Trump’s return to power at an indoor rally Monday at Capital One Arena in Washington.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Several studies have found immigrants commit lower rates of crime than those born in the U.S. Groups that advocate for restrictive immigration policies dispute or dismiss those findings.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The group, formed in 2021, currently has a membership of over 1,500 that advocates the progressive movement and employees on Capitol Hill.—
Rachel Schilke,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
17 Jan. 2025
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Each student will receive a collection of cut flower seeds for the Spring season.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Releasing fullback Alec Ingold after June 1 would cut his 2025 Dolphins cap hit from $4.9 million to $1.2 million.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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Speaking of which, a friendly reminder that the L.A. Food Bank remains a great resource to support.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Patronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronize. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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