sponsor
noun
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
had sponsored
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past perfectof sponsor.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He launched his campaign with a focus on affordability, but had sponsored an AI safety bill that was signed into law by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
After all, she had sponsored the commission’s enabling legislation and appointed some of its members, including co-chair Koller.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025
The board also decided against sending funds to support the county’s largest Pride festival, in Holland, even though it had sponsored the event for two years.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Bass was never charged, but as a member of Congress representing L.A. at the time, she had sponsored a bill that, if passed, would have expanded federal funding to social work schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
For a decade now, Devaney had sponsored this conference—called ASF, or the American Securitization Forum, in part because it sounded more dignified than the Association for Subprime Lending.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
