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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The first pillar, the OpenAI war chest, may not be so bankable after all.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025
Political analysts have said Abbott will be tough to beat because of the state's economy and his massive war chest, which could soon grow to more than $100 million.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Then, in what became Maine’s most expensive Senate race, just 4% of Gideon’s war chest was homegrown.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Between the Sheffield campaign's nearly $3 million war chest, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the Detroit Next political action committee and the hundreds of thousands spent by dark money fund 5Plus1, Sheffield was everywhere.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025
Political analysts have said Abbott will be tough to beat because of the state's economy and his massive war chest, which could soon grow to more than $100 million.
—Jack Fink, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Then, in what became Maine’s most expensive Senate race, just 4% of Gideon’s war chest was homegrown.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Between the Sheffield campaign's nearly $3 million war chest, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the Detroit Next political action committee and the hundreds of thousands spent by dark money fund 5Plus1, Sheffield was everywhere.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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