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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What To Know The latest sanctions package, announced September 19, seeks to further restrict European revenues funding Russia's war chest.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Any money coming into the club now was unlikely to form a kitty for Thomas Frank to delve into – and it is understood this £100m injection is not a new transfer war chest.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Thanks to Google’s enormous war chest, Waymo has had the luxury to spend 16 years raking in data to create more precise self-driving cars, all with the hope of an eventual payoff.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
The hosts talk about Saudi Arabia’s $38 billion gaming war chest, and what this might mean for EA partners like the NFL, NHL and Formula 1.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Any money coming into the club now was unlikely to form a kitty for Thomas Frank to delve into – and it is understood this £100m injection is not a new transfer war chest.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Thanks to Google’s enormous war chest, Waymo has had the luxury to spend 16 years raking in data to create more precise self-driving cars, all with the hope of an eventual payoff.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
The hosts talk about Saudi Arabia’s $38 billion gaming war chest, and what this might mean for EA partners like the NFL, NHL and Formula 1.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 30 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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