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to provide money for
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolling
Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
But mobster Reggie Fontaine (Freeman), who’s been bankrolling Max’s dubious projects, is not at all amused.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
Painters were beholden to those wealthy people bankrolling them.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Donors would have begun bankrolling their favorites, and organizations would have started to announce endorsements.
—Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The City of Rome is bankrolling the concert, so tickets to see Boy George are free.
—Alan Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
After bankrolling some more ambitious swings, the company has aimed more at the casual gaming segment, tying many of its releases to popular series and films.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
That’s unlikely, if not fanciful, given the network’s role in bankrolling college athletics.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Germans were angry, too, resentful at bankrolling other people’s profligate ways.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2019
Verb
The state’s top political fund-raisers—a pair of Christian nationalists—were bankrolling the effort.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
But mobster Reggie Fontaine (Freeman), who’s been bankrolling Max’s dubious projects, is not at all amused.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
Painters were beholden to those wealthy people bankrolling them.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Donors would have begun bankrolling their favorites, and organizations would have started to announce endorsements.
—Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The City of Rome is bankrolling the concert, so tickets to see Boy George are free.
—Alan Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
After bankrolling some more ambitious swings, the company has aimed more at the casual gaming segment, tying many of its releases to popular series and films.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
That’s unlikely, if not fanciful, given the network’s role in bankrolling college athletics.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Germans were angry, too, resentful at bankrolling other people’s profligate ways.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
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While the industry is rich in talent, financing has become more challenging due to rising costs and market shifts.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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The development partnership, the Vets Collective, relied on tax credit financing, a cumbersome process that not only can add years to a project but also only funds housing.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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His research findings can be applied China’s current strategy of subsidizing distressed companies, which is driving cheaper exports into global markets and could pose challenges for local suppliers.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Then why is the public subsidizing this activity?—
Evan Simon,
ABC News,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Commercial outlets survive by earning their keep — not by relying on subsidies that every citizen is compelled to support.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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Education grants, housing subsidies and green-energy projects are best cut and handled by state governments or the private sector.—
Veronique de Rugy,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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Ono vowed to cut in half campus greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and said the school’s endowment would offset carbon produced by its investments by 2050.—
Ian Hodgson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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The judge overseeing the case is no stranger to either side University endowments aren’t as easy to access as bank accounts.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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