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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
Outraged Jewish groups are now demanding organizers answer for bankrolling violent extremists. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 New campaign finance filings reveal the major role billionaire Elon Musk has played in bankrolling Republican efforts against Democrat James Talarico in his home state of Texas. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Goldberg has been at Skydance for 16 years, helping the company move from bankrolling movies to producing its own films and shows. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 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 Proposition 137 would siphon $175 million in taxpayer dollars every year to degrade and destroy Colorado’s landscape by bankrolling industrial logging of tens of thousands of acres annually. — Josh Schlossberg, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
  • And the government could be headed toward a federal shutdown if Congress fails to pass a funding bill to keep operations running.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Neither side had a formal ballot committee to put funding behind the fight.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Together, those businesses span much of a card’s commercial journey — grading, pricing, storage, sales and even financing against collectibles.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • As Comcast’s longtime CFO, Brodsky was instrumental in financing the company’s expansion and efforts to raise capital.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Traditional oil and gas majors sank, while solar and green energy stocks surged, driven by expectations that a Democratic Congress will resume pushing subsidies for them.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • When those federal subsidies expired at the end of last year, millions saw their monthly premium bills double or even triple — forcing about 3 million people to walk away from their coverage altogether.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • For nearly 20 years, California has drawn a line between subsidizing pay for people in front of the camera and the workforce behind it.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Does this project provide enough public good to justify taxpayers subsidizing a private company’s tax liability?
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In an onstage conversation with the endowment’s CEO, Damon Wilson, Díaz-Balart said Americans can take for granted freedoms other societies have lost.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The new strategic direction comes less than one year into Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken's tenure at the helm of the social justice funder's $18 billion endowment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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