as in financing
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwriting
This year, presenting sponsor Principal Foundation is underwriting booth fees, rental costs for tables and linens, and covering lunch costs for all potters to ensure there are no financial barriers preventing participation.
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Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Interest rates rose so high that out-of-state insurers started voluntarily underwriting Bronx tenements in the midst of the fires—no FAIR Plan needed.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Major Pro Tour Sponsors Each of the pro tours has cultivated major sponsors over the years, with brands serving as title sponsors for events or just generally underwriting the operations of the tour.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Interest rates rose so high that out-of-state insurers started voluntarily underwriting Bronx tenements in the midst of the fires—no FAIR Plan needed.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Major Pro Tour Sponsors Each of the pro tours has cultivated major sponsors over the years, with brands serving as title sponsors for events or just generally underwriting the operations of the tour.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwriting
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Hammerstone Studios is financing the project with Script 2 Screen and producing alongside Mad Solar and Capstone Pictures.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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Finances got so bad, and mistrust so high, that New York mob boss Meyer Lansky, an old childhood friend whose money was financing the project, allegedly ordered the hit that ended Siegel’s life in July 1947.—
Julie Tremaine,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This project secures funding through the Critical Design Review phase, procurement of long lead material for qualification, and will enable increased and accelerated capacity for solid rocket motor production, according to a press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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NextEra is primarily funding the project, however Google signed a power purchase agreement to use electricity from the project to power its data centers.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promises to make childcare free for kids 6 weeks to 5 years old by subsidizing family care, paying teachers a living wage, easing regulatory burden to open more child care centers.—
Yasser Salem,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Economist Matthew Kahn argues insurance companies should be allowed to charge more to insure houses in flood or fire-risk areas; otherwise, other homeowners are subsidizing homeowners to take more risks in dangerous areas.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Underwriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwriting. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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