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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
  • But after the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, Lama and more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide found themselves out of a job.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Loans range from $2,000 to $10 million, often with same-day funding and competitive advances up to 80% of value.
    Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Still, portfolio managers who spoke to CNBC said the move in tech bond yields could impact financing future deals.
    Seema Mody, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Predictable cash flow makes forecasting easier, financing more attractive and post-acquisition performance more dependable.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 23 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
  • Armstrong argued that only a permanent endowment generating enough investment income to cover most annual costs would justify reinstatement.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • The investors best positioned for this market--mega-cap balance sheets, sovereign funds, multi-decade endowments--simply don't need their money back on any timeline.
    Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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