Patronize
Support
Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Usage example: though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
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Support and Patronize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/patronize/support
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