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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
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 Wall Street's largest banks are riding a lucrative new wave — bankrolling the AI gold rush. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 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
  • Even if the order moves forward, there are still outstanding legal questions about its scope and weight after Congress intervened to limit OMB influence over NIH spending in a government funding bill passed earlier this year.
    — David Lim, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Supporters are urging the United Nations and the European Union to help extend the court’s mandate and provide funding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 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.
    — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Black Bear is also co-financing the project with Laika and will serve as the pic’s international sales agent.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Nigeria has faced high inflation in the three years since the removal of fuel subsidies raised costs for households and businesses.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The incentive would stack on top of state tax credits, combining to create the world’s most generous subsidies for film and TV.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Her data showed that people in low-risk areas were essentially subsidizing high-risk homes in California’s wealth enclaves such as the Pacific Palisades devastated by the January 2025 firestorm.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Per the plan, the gift amount will establish an endowment designed to support the program in perpetuity, thereby benefiting generations of students.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two pieces by Lichtenstein and Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection Mantova, a museum Antonio helped open in northern Italy in 2025, will also be sold to build an endowment for the museum.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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