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 ## Sponsorship :two_hearts:
 
-node-postgres's continued development has been made possible in part by generous finanical support from [the community](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/blob/master/SPONSORS.md).
+node-postgres's continued development has been made possible in part by generous financial support from [the community](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/blob/master/SPONSORS.md).
 
 If you or your company are benefiting from node-postgres and would like to help keep the project financially sustainable [please consider supporting](https://github.com/sponsors/brianc) its development.