as in subsidizes
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwrites
The move underwrites expanded faculty, student fellowships, global programming, and the Center for Global Futures.
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Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwrites
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The credits cost the state nearly $250 million in tax revenue this school year and subsidizes almost 40,000 students.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Essential Air Service program that subsidizes airline service to small communities across the country will also quickly run out of money.—
Josh Funk,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The University of Louisville’s student newspaper, The Louisville Cardinal, could lose funding at the beginning of next year due to restructuring within the College of Arts and Sciences, which currently funds the paper.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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The rest is considered mandatory spending, which funds programs including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Putin created the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives four years later, which finances exhibitions, festivals, and art that rehabilitate Moscow’s image both at home and abroad.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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The local surfing scene mainly finances the cost through crowdfunding campaigns.—
Sabrina Weiss,
The Dial,
23 Sep. 2025
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Landau understands and supports not just Bruce’s vision but Bruce himself, which is how Nebraska, so bleak and bewitching, eventually emerges into the world.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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One where technology quietly supports independence, rather than defines it.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Underwrites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwrites. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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