sponsored

Verb

sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)

1. (transitive) To be a sponsor for.
   • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36

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