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Sponsorship for example in Australian Institute of Sport (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aegis

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'sponsorship' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'example in australian institute of sport' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'australian' becomes 'A'.
'institute of sport' becomes 'is' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'is'='ais'
'eg' inserted inside 'ais' is 'AEGIS'.

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(Other definitions for aegis that I've seen before include "Advocacy" , "Backing or support" , "Friendly endorsement and guidance" , "Kindly endorsement and guidance" , "Protection or sponsorship" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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