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cosponsor

[ koh-spon-ser ]

/ koʊˈspɒn sər /

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noun

a joint sponsor, as of a legislative bill.

verb (used with object)

to act as cosponsor for.

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Origin of cosponsor

OTHER WORDS FROM cosponsor

co·spon·sor·ship, noun

Words nearby cosponsor

cosmopolitanize, cosmopolite, cosmos, cosmotron, cosplay, cosponsor, coss, Cossack, cossack hat, Cossacks, cosset

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How to use cosponsor in a sentence

When she signed on as a cosponsor to the bill in 2019, we assumed whatever language concerns she had previously had been resolved.
State groups seen as key to winning over undecided senators on Equality Act|Chris Johnson|March 3, 2021|Washington Blade
GovTrack reported that 50 of her 79 bills and resolutions in 2019 had cosponsors from across the aisle.
How family ties and a history of bipartisanship inform Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s crusade to deplatform big tech|Kate Kaye|March 2, 2021|Digiday
Several federal bills had languished in committee over the last two years, despite many bipartisan cosponsors.
Pregnant in the pandemic? It helps to have good Wi-Fi.|Cat Ferguson|December 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Collins is also a cosponsor of a bill to give same-sex couples equal access to immigrant visas.
‘We’re in Trouble’ If Immigration Bill Doesn’t Rack Up 70 Votes|Patricia Murphy|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

She got nine Republicans to cosponsor the bill with her Democrat self.
Barbara Boxer: Withdraw Your Biased Bill|Maysoon Zayid|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is in an especially difficult position as a cosponsor of Blunt.
Olympia Snowe Quit Senate to Protest GOP Agenda|Eleanor Clift|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He speculated that the group came about from “Newt going around the floor, looking for a cosponsor.”
Back to the Future: A Democrat Recalls Newt Gingrich’s Moon Plan|Ben Jacobs|January 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST