bankrolls

present tense third-person singular of bankroll

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bankrolls The deal has also revived concerns about circularity in AI financing, where a chip supplier like Nvidia effectively bankrolls its own biggest customers. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Those comments, viewed dimly by some German politicians, prompted the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which bankrolls and oversees the Berlinale, to call an impromptu meeting to discuss the future of the Berlinale and Tricia Tuttle’s leadership as festival director. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2026 But people don’t want to be affiliated with its leadership that leaves parents with no child care for random days off, pushes tax hikes on residents and bankrolls the city’s unpopular mayor. Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Shell companies, covert donations, and opaque real estate ventures launder money that bankrolls political actors abroad. Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Qatar bankrolls Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, al-Nusra, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 As part of its annual budget, the city gets nearly $10 billion in federal funding that bankrolls various initiatives, including food and rent assistance for low-income New Yorkers as well as education programs and health care services via Medicaid. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025 Moscow is expanding its military footprint in Nicaragua, while Beijing bankrolls Ortega’s control through secretive deals that serve the dictatorship, not the people. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025 There are far fewer hard numbers around for the couple's income because they are not required to publish their accounts, like the estate that bankrolls William. Jack Royston, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolls
Verb
  • Movies in this class are, paradigmatically, produced, written, and directed by the same person, who generally also plays the devastatingly handsome romantic lead (and often funds the proceedings with money earned in some unrelated capacity).
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The trio accused the US Department of Defense of charging them with insubordination for publicly supporting that editorial independence in covering the agency, which partly funds the publication.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The project is funded by Measure LB, an $850-million bond measure that finances LBCC construction.
    Kate Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Globo fully finances the films, without tapping Brazilian incentives for film production.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In simpler terms, a part of your paycheck subsidizes a boomer’s benefits—and according to the Cato Institute’s 2025 polling, only 45% of Americans correctly understand how the program works.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sanctioning Iranian oil effectively subsidizes the Chinese economy, Cassidy said, by creating a pool of cheap crude that only China is willing and able to snap up.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Bankrolls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolls. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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