war chest
noun
: a fund accumulated to finance a war
broadly
: a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, or campaign
Examples of war chest in a Sentence
The candidate held fund-raising dinners to build up his war chest.
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With more than $8 billion in net cash, Workday has more than enough capital to fund buybacks while retaining an M&A war chest.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Such disruptions strike at the heart of the Kremlin’s war chest, threatening the oil and gas revenues that remain its most vital source of state financing.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Channel 4 declined to reveal the value of the company’s indie investment war chest at the time.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
This summer, Congress provided $45 billion to ICE to pay for it – a war chest three times greater than what the agency previously had for detention, according to the American Immigration Council.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Such disruptions strike at the heart of the Kremlin’s war chest, threatening the oil and gas revenues that remain its most vital source of state financing.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Channel 4 declined to reveal the value of the company’s indie investment war chest at the time.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
This summer, Congress provided $45 billion to ICE to pay for it – a war chest three times greater than what the agency previously had for detention, according to the American Immigration Council.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for war chest
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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