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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None has come close to matching Uthmeier’s war chest.
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Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The simple reason for its success is timely investments into a number of category winners that convinced its backers to re-up the war chest, including Polymarket and the stablecoin card issuer Rain.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
That huge war chest would be especially remarkable amassed by a lame-duck president.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The endorsements and campaign war chests reflect those opposing preferences.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
The simple reason for its success is timely investments into a number of category winners that convinced its backers to re-up the war chest, including Polymarket and the stablecoin card issuer Rain.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
That huge war chest would be especially remarkable amassed by a lame-duck president.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The endorsements and campaign war chests reflect those opposing preferences.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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