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several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolling
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Major Democratic donors, however, have also been bankrolling the race.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
Raskob took his own leap into the political fray by bankrolling Smith and using the DNC to settle scores—with the help of a pliant press.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
For a private company like Commonwealth, that risk remains limited to the handful of VCs and tech companies bankrolling it.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Despite the millions spent attacking Daniel by Nate and the establishment bankrolling Barr, Kentucky voters see right through it.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But these games essentially underpin the broadcast deal for the Asia Cup, in turn bankrolling the ACC, its pathways and smaller Asian nations reliant on funding.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.
—Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Trump plugged back into bankrolling EV chargers.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
Foster said the end result of the funding shortfall is that defense attorneys taking under-market rates to represent low-income defendants have ended up bankrolling the federal government.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Major Democratic donors, however, have also been bankrolling the race.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
Raskob took his own leap into the political fray by bankrolling Smith and using the DNC to settle scores—with the help of a pliant press.
—Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
For a private company like Commonwealth, that risk remains limited to the handful of VCs and tech companies bankrolling it.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Despite the millions spent attacking Daniel by Nate and the establishment bankrolling Barr, Kentucky voters see right through it.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
But these games essentially underpin the broadcast deal for the Asia Cup, in turn bankrolling the ACC, its pathways and smaller Asian nations reliant on funding.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.
—Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Trump plugged back into bankrolling EV chargers.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
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Proponents countered that 57% of project funding will come from private and non-local sources, and that local property owners — especially second homeowners — would pay a modest share.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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French estimates place a nationwide ERS rollout at €30–€40 billion, likely requiring private-sector funding models.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Among its many funding programmes, the agency has an international co-production fund, Taiwan International Co-funding Program (TICP), that in its early days was involved in co-financing a wide range of Asian and European arthouse films.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Brazil is set to introduce an ambitious and innovative new system for financing forest protection (more on that below) and Lula comes into COP30 with an impressive record of successful forest protection.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cotton argued the shutdown’s cause was not the expiring health care subsidies, but rather Democrats’ fear of blowback from their supporters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the end, the Democrats mostly oriented their demands toward health care—above all, the renewal of expiring Obamacare subsidies—as opposed to, say, prioritizing more abstract ultimatums related to creeping authoritarianism.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If Beijing now doubles down on subsidizing both cutting-edge and traditional industries, the result could be an even greater glut of Chinese products globally, exacerbating trade frictions.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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In subsequent years, Congress has continued to shape where Americans live, in part by subsidizing flood insurance, electricity rates and development.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Carol Burnett has unloaded a massive haul of her most coveted awards, handing them off to her alma mater in conjunction with an endowment to support aspiring musical theater performers.—
Karu F Daniels,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Collectively, the endowments of the eight most elite American universities come out to about $200 billion.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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