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bankrolling

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verb

present participle of bankroll

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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
Larry Ellison, co-founder of software giant Oracle, is bankrolling his son’s ambitions to acquire a second major entertainment company in less than a year. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 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 Purkis said Caulfeild is bankrolling the business — at least initially. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Governments spend more than $700 billion a year subsidising agriculture, much of it bankrolling the very fertilizers and fossil fuel inputs that make farming so exposed to price shocks. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
  • Local governments across the metro contribute funding to its operations, supplemented by grants and, recently, rider fares.
    Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • In statements, the groups’ leaders largely cited concerns that the tax wouldn’t address their most pressing funding concerns and would endanger California’s long-term fiscal health.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Trump has championed the construction of data centers for artificial intelligence, but the bonds financing those projects appear to have helped push up interest rates.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The real question is how to build a capital architecture capable of financing a more asset-heavy economy.
    Jim Zelter, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • In the meantime, the challenges that lie ahead for Kubicek include nailing down a higher state subsidy than Tri-Rail received last year, and completing an overhauled fare system which will see passengers pay an extra 10% starting in October.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2026
  • The comptroller’s report last year estimated that the subsidy-eligible projects underway would yield more than 15,000 rental units, and more have entered the pipeline since then.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • How Freedom Fuel is subsidizing the cost of its cheap gas is unclear.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, despite whatever financial pressures hang over universities, a growing number of them are still subsidizing their athletic departments to cover mounting costs.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps the defining competitive advantage of the twenty-first-century university will not be measured by rankings, endowment, enrollment, or research expenditures alone.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In June, the city secured a preliminary injunction barring GLAZA from retaining or distributing the endowment after its operating agreement with the zoo expired last year.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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