underwriters

noun

plural of underwriter
as in benefactors

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  1. benefactors
  2. teachers
  3. coaches
  4. advocates
  5. supporters
Noun
  • After Gretchen Whitmer, the state’s popular Democratic governor, endorsed Stevens last week, El-Sayed explained the choice as the inevitable product of the two women’s benefactors.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Working with patrons Anadol counters that anyone can have free access to the models his studio develops, and that there's nothing new about contemporary artists' relationships with rich and powerful benefactors.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of benefactors
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  • Colin Gray’s sentencing represents the end of a harrowing road that began with the September 2024 shooting in which his son, then 14, fatally shot two students and two teachers and injured nine others at his Winder, Georgia, high school.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Faced with an assessment task that is squishy, particularly when dealing with students who are at the beginning of their growth as writers, many teachers have fallen back on structural measures.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of teachers
Noun
  • A lot of credit goes to his work with the Royals’ hitting coaches.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Gay would be a logical choice for both roles, but his limited playing time the past two seasons might discourage Miami’s coaches from investing in him.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of coaches
Noun
  • The debate between Medicare for All and Medicare by Choice advocates is shaping up to be an interesting one in the coming years.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But in Michigan and other battleground states the administration hopes to win over come the November midterms, state officials and Medicaid advocates are bracing for changes to Medicaid that will significantly alter enrollment rates and eligibility.
    — Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • Some Modi supporters have doubled down, however, with online activists aligned to Modi’s party seeking to identify protesters and share their personal details online to intimidate them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope to elect at least four conservative, antiabortion justices to the seven-member court by 2033.
    — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of supporters
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