cosponsor
noun
co·spon·sor
(ˌ)kō-ˈspän(t)-sər 
variants
or co-sponsor
plural cosponsors or co-sponsors
: a joint sponsor
The senator was a cosponsor for both bills.
Michigan Tech Student Relay For Life is a participating cosponsor of this event.—
The Daily Mining Gazette
The Daily Mining Gazette
cosponsor
transitive verb
or co-sponsor
cosponsored or co-sponsored; cosponsoring or co-sponsoring
This year Simpson is carrying on the legislative struggle without Mazzoli, who has declined to cosponsor the bill without support from the Democratic House leadership …
—George Russell
George Russell
The following summer, Bingham returned to Machu Picchu with an expedition co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
—Duane Damon
Duane Damon
cosponsorship
noun
or co-sponsorship
Increasingly, large urban malls are being built with the co-sponsorship of city governments.
—Witold Rybczynski
Witold Rybczynski
Examples of cosponsor in a Sentence
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In Washington, the majority of House Republicans are cosponsors of a fetal personhood bill that, if signed into law, would endanger access to IVF for every American.
—Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
And these events have surfaced partisan differences: a 2019 resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to urge the Indian government to protect rights and religious freedoms garnered more than 60 cosponsors, almost entirely Democrats.
—Alyssa Ayres, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2021
Ferguson and his cosponsor, Baltimore County Republican Sen. Johnny Ray Salling, met with members of the International Longshoreman Association on Monday as its members were briefed by the governor and federal officials about a timeline for the port to fully reopen.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
But Murray said the goal at present is to get as many cosponsors as possible before bringing the bill to Senate leadership.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 May 2024
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Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
And these events have surfaced partisan differences: a 2019 resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to urge the Indian government to protect rights and religious freedoms garnered more than 60 cosponsors, almost entirely Democrats.
—Alyssa Ayres, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2021
Ferguson and his cosponsor, Baltimore County Republican Sen. Johnny Ray Salling, met with members of the International Longshoreman Association on Monday as its members were briefed by the governor and federal officials about a timeline for the port to fully reopen.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
But Murray said the goal at present is to get as many cosponsors as possible before bringing the bill to Senate leadership.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 2 May 2024
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“Cosponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosponsor. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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