cosponsorship
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- noun
- /ˌkoʊˈspɒnsərʃɪp/
- With the cosponsorship of the French government and its successful passage, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 placed Lebanon on the international stage with the call for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and for Hezbollah to be disarmed.
- cosponsorship activities
Examples
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Government-industry cosponsorship of university research 4 0 - 100.0
Academic text (2011) -
In 1981, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with the cosponsorship of the American Academy of Nursing, funded eleven university schools of nursing to pool their personnel and resources with those of twelve nursing homes in order to develop nursing education, clinical care, and research in long-term care (Mezey, Lynaugh, Aiken, 1985).
Academic text (1995) -
I hand you your first cosponsorship of a bill, and when you finally show up you look like the fifth Beatle.
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Nor does the measure of legislative activity include cosponsorships.
Academic text (2004) -
Female legislators also provide important symbolic benefits to women as a group through floor statements, speeches, and cosponsorship activities.
Academic text (2013) -
It lies under the joint administrative jurisdiction of five United Nations agencies responsible for program implementation and regular coordination and cosponsorship of activities such as research and monitoring programs, conferences, meetings, and publications.
Academic text (2000) -
This was true despite public statements in which the United States indicated it would like to see more Israeli movement toward permitting significant numbers of Palestinians to return to their homes, and despite repeated cosponsorship by the U.S. government of UN resolutions on repatriation.
Academic text (1990) -
The charity event was a success due to the cosponsorship of several local businesses.
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His cosponsorship of the new environmental bill demonstrated his commitment to sustainability.
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Many organizations joined in cosponsorship to support the community fundraiser for the local school.
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Etymology
Cosponsorship comes from co- meaning 'together' and sponsorship, from sponsor, a person or group who 'supports or pays for something'. So, like in cooperate where people work together, cosponsorship means supporting something together, for example a bill or an event.