as in financed
to provide money for
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolled
The case centers on accusations that Moammar Gadhafi’s government secretly bankrolled Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential bid in exchange for diplomatic favors—a claim that has long stirred controversy in France and abroad.
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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The games are the brainchild of Aron D’Souza, a forty-year-old Australian entrepreneur and lawyer known for leading the litigation, brought by Hulk Hogan and bankrolled by Peter Thiel, against Gawker Media.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Pritzker, one of the richest men in the country, poured $350 million into his gubernatorial campaigns and bankrolled other Democrats besides.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Upon his insistence, Nancy bankrolled investments in a range of tokens, including DOGE and Ethereum.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Munger bankrolled the 2010 ballot measure that created independent congressional redistricting in California.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Set four years after the events of the original film, Nobody 2 finds Hutch back at work as full-time assassin, mainly because a criminal organization bankrolled the $30 million Hutch needed to pay back the Russian mob after burning their gigantic stash of cash in the 2021 film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Arthur bankrolled the building with $3 million in profits from his wildly successful 1924 operetta Rose-Marie, whose book and lyrics were written by his son Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
The overnight deployments were, in part, bankrolled by $77 million Hochul announced during her annual State of the State speech.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
The games are the brainchild of Aron D’Souza, a forty-year-old Australian entrepreneur and lawyer known for leading the litigation, brought by Hulk Hogan and bankrolled by Peter Thiel, against Gawker Media.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Pritzker, one of the richest men in the country, poured $350 million into his gubernatorial campaigns and bankrolled other Democrats besides.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Upon his insistence, Nancy bankrolled investments in a range of tokens, including DOGE and Ethereum.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Munger bankrolled the 2010 ballot measure that created independent congressional redistricting in California.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
Set four years after the events of the original film, Nobody 2 finds Hutch back at work as full-time assassin, mainly because a criminal organization bankrolled the $30 million Hutch needed to pay back the Russian mob after burning their gigantic stash of cash in the 2021 film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Arthur bankrolled the building with $3 million in profits from his wildly successful 1924 operetta Rose-Marie, whose book and lyrics were written by his son Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
The overnight deployments were, in part, bankrolled by $77 million Hochul announced during her annual State of the State speech.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolled
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The transaction is being financed by a group of investors that includes Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, private equity group Silver Lake, and an investment firm founded by Jared Kushner, the company said in a statement this week.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi and Jemma Redgrave will also reprise their roles in the sequel, distributed worldwide by Amazon MGM Studios and produced and financed by Miramax, with Yara Shahidi as a new addition to the cast.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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That’s according to a recent filing with the Department of Insurance by the state-created, but privately funded, plan.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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That effort will come as federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, a COVID-19 pandemic program that funded many violence prevention programs, dries up at the end of next year.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Venezuela, which subsidized Cuba for a decade in the 2000s, particularly with oil exports, no longer has the capacity to do so.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Their insurance would remain heavily subsidized, just at the lower level established by the original Affordable Care Act legislation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Bankrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolled. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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