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unsponsored

  • a word derived from sponsor.
    sponsor
    noun
    a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.

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Soon after arriving in Phoenix for her latest nursing gig this Spring, Larson filmed an unsponsored TikTok for her followers while hiking in the red hills of Sedona.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The unseeded, unsponsored, undefeated new champion of Wimbledon: How Marketa Vondrousova did the “impossible.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

Mardi Gras is one of the largest free, unsponsored festivals in the world.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

He was unsponsored at first and it wasn’t until the halfway point of the season before Hendrick inked both a full-time sponsor and Larson to an extension through 2023.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021

He becomes part of the tradition, a standard, a stick with which to beat the next original genius who dares to shove an unsponsored nose above water.

From Art by Clive Bell