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be patronized
verb
To make a patron.
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We think of ourselves as the patron country of democracy in a world that wants to be patronized, but there are other ways of looking at the United States, and other ways of looking at patronage.
And sometimes they can be patronized in front of strangers.
Jamāʿī-Sunni learning continued to be patronized by the caliphs and their families.
The show doesn't patronize, nor should it be patronized, he said.
"They're now realizing that people don't like to be patronized with the same serious message over and over," Lukomska said.
Scent of a Woman If Nocturnalist must be patronized, we prefer it be done by someone fabulous.
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A, that'd be patronizing.
I'd think that would be patronizing.
To do otherwise would be patronizing.
We mean to be patronizing to no one.
To snicker at the exhibition would be patronizing.
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