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bankrolling

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verb

present participle of bankroll

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bankrolling
Noun
Just last week, the utilities spent $10 million against me, joining Big Oil’s bankrolling of my opponents. — Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 As recently as this summer, Robinson boasted about his role in co-creating, bankrolling, and starring in Legacy of Lies, an action movie headlined by John Wick martial artist Scott Adkins. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Cook got longtime search cash cow Alphabet to bankroll Apple’s AI, which means bankrolling not only Gemini but, perhaps more important, the huge power costs. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 The grandees of Gullen have set their hopes on Claire’s bankrolling their faltering community’s recovery. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Michelangelo, court artisans — all these things happened because someone was bankrolling them. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2026 The man bankrolling it, John Middleton, was seated in the first row behind the Phillies’ dugout Friday. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 But the exact source of those dollars remains hidden, leaving voters in the dark about who is bankrolling the plan to overhaul the state’s tax structure. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 Allies include Brin’s Building a Better California, which is bankrolling two counter-measures aimed at undermining the billionaire tax. — Ben Paviour july 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Northanger Limited was founded in October 2024 with producers bankrolling development from private funds worth £300,000. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026 If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline. — Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
  • The American needed travel assistance, help navigating the bureaucracy and funding for his trip.
    — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Among the state’s 18 special library districts, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade will see the second- and third-largest funding losses, respectively.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The roughly 1 percentage point increase in the rate since then translates roughly into an additional $276-a-month cost for a borrower financing a $400,000 home loan at the current average rate.
    — Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Carbios works toward a construction restart Carbios is moving closer to financing its Longlaville recycling plant in France, though a restart of construction still hinges on finalizing the funding package.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The European Commission is aware of this challenge and opened a foreign subsidies investigation into Goldwind’s activities in the EU wind sector in February.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some relative had hanged themselves from the rafter years ago, something about the price of corn and subsidies and ruin, and Carrie said the barn was haunted.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Digital tools have made pure execution nearly free, so firms that still price advice as a percentage of assets are subsidizing convenience with margin.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Supporters say the federal government should not be subsidizing educational programs that don’t give their graduates financial independence.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the university and the Academy were renegotiating heir relationship; Drexel wanted a full merger, which would grant it the building, endowment and collections.
    — Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than surrender its ability to consider alumni and donor connections, Stanford withdrew from those programs and replaced the money from its multi-billion-dollar endowment.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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