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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Despite attempts by European nations to wean themselves off Russian energy, oil and gas remain key to the Kremlin's war chest, with China and India remaining crucial buyers.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
After months of White House pressure to stop buying Russian oil, it is now being given a pass to do exactly that, the proceeds continuing to bolster the very war chest Washington spent a year trying to deplete.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Fuller had the second-largest war chest, with about $238,000 in the bank and a total of about $787,000.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
His father was forged by years of revolutionary hardship—prison, persecution, life underground—before coming to power and reportedly amassing a war chest exceeding $100 billion, built in part from properties confiscated from religious minorities who fled persecution.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
After months of White House pressure to stop buying Russian oil, it is now being given a pass to do exactly that, the proceeds continuing to bolster the very war chest Washington spent a year trying to deplete.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Fuller had the second-largest war chest, with about $238,000 in the bank and a total of about $787,000.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
His father was forged by years of revolutionary hardship—prison, persecution, life underground—before coming to power and reportedly amassing a war chest exceeding $100 billion, built in part from properties confiscated from religious minorities who fled persecution.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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