How to Use underwriter in a Sentence

underwriter

noun
  • Chanel will provide some of the costumes and will serve as the underwriter.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In the case of a direct listing, the underwriters are cut out.
    Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • Then underwriters hammer out how many shares investors want and at what price.
    Fortune, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Take climate risk, which Lloyd’s underwriters must put a price on.
    Allison Schrager, Quartz, 10 July 2019
  • His father was an insurance underwriter and his mom stayed home to care for their three kids.
    Meg James, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Now there was no underwriter to help pay for repairs, wages and getting crew members home.
    Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Leatrice worked as an underwriter for the Travelers for many years.
    courant.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The underwriter had to finish the project to fulfill a performance bond with the city.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Yet the energy industry will be the main underwriter of the city’s tourism dreams.
    Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Goldman is the lead underwriter of the Pattern deal.
    Zev Fima,jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The underwriter structures the offering, sets the price and sells shares to the public.
    Ivan Lunegov, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • For a second straight auction, the shortest debt on offer had to be rescued by underwriters.
    Subhadip Sircar, Bloomberg.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Goldman Sachs is the sole underwriter.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Goldman Sachs was among the underwriters.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter, is set to get the biggest share of the pool, the people said.
    Dana Cimilluca, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Costs will be about £5 per hour of flight, according to Allianz, an underwriter.
    The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • For this aspect of the project, ambition will be the underwriter, not Wall Street.
    Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Why is being the top underwriter so important?
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 June 2026
  • But Brex is not shouldering as much of the risk as traditional banks and card underwriters.
    Jen Wieczner, Fortune, 19 June 2018
  • From this one map, an underwriter could quickly see that Lightning was an extremely risky place to insure.
    Jack Swab, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Goldman was one of two lead underwriters and Loop Capital was one of three co-managers.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Barclays withdrew as underwriter for the plan in April, the first of several withdrawals that sank the projects.
    Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Over the summer, the city selected a financial advisor, underwriter and law firm to help it with the process.
    Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Bank of America was one of four lead underwriters in the IPO.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Goldman Sachs was one of the top initial public offering underwriters last month.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The person willing to assume the risk would sign his name under the terms of the contract and eventually came to be known as an underwriter.
    Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Handed one side of the boom as a creditor, they are quietly being offered the other as an underwriter.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Deutsche can act as an IPO underwriter but not a sponsor.
    Frances Yoon, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The underwriter will ask for a new credit report with the disputes removed before granting credit.
    Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • An underwriter does not need more information.
    Abhishek Kumar, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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