as in fund
available money
my total bankroll right now is $2,000
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as in to fund
to provide money for
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankroll
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Greg Cote
april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Dehghani-Tafti has received significant campaign funding from political action committees bankrolled by Democratic mega donor George Soros.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Backed by his billionaire dad’s bankroll and the full support of many in Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, Paramount CEO David Ellison won the battle for Warner Bros. on Thursday, successfully quashing a surprise bid by Netflix to take over the storied movie and TV company.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
Meantime the future beyond this year of Tour rival LIV Golf is in jeopardy as doubts arise whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will continue bankrolling the league.
—Greg Cote
april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Dehghani-Tafti has received significant campaign funding from political action committees bankrolled by Democratic mega donor George Soros.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankroll
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Still, without corrective action, city staff warned those funds could drop if no changes are made to current spending and revenues to roughly 2% by June 2027, falling below the city’s policy on maintaining a 10% minimum in reserves in case of unexpected costs or revenue shortfalls.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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Those total funds will represent about 49% of equity in that new company, exceeding the current foreign ownership cap of 25%.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Families are willing to go into debt to finance a surgery if doing so means saving a beloved dog’s life.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Prosecutors have accused him of financing the plot.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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This bowler bag has a wide interior that easily fits all of the essentials, and an interior zip pocket to help keep your things organized.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, for example, are trying to shield the public by cutting fuel taxes, subsidizing diesel and cooking fuel, and capping bread and electricity prices.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Our social problem of bad food being so prevalent and so cheap and being subsidized by the government.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
25 Apr. 2026
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That lets the term be understood in a range of ways, whether a corporate-friendly approach to conservation, or a new way to talk about extracting marine resources, sustainably or otherwise.—
Natalie Sum Yue Chung,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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The Doheny project, when completed, would produce 5 million gallons per day of drinking water as part of SCWD’s Integrated Water Resources Plan, aimed at diversifying and securing water resources, particularly during critical need periods such as drought and natural disasters.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankroll. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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