underwritten

verb

past participle of underwrite
as in funded
to provide money for a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition

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Recent Examples of underwritten History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military. — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Proponents say those laws, which have underwritten American medicine for over 100 years, should be updated to include AI chatbots and other new technologies. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 The boom has been underwritten by the NFL largely through RCX Sports and Reese’s efforts alongside stakeholders such as USA Football, college administrators and the National Federation of State High School Associations. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Capital underwritten as national strategy does not flee at the first bad quarter the way speculative money does. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Communities must participate in the National Flood Insurance Program before homeowners can buy policies underwritten by FEMA and sold by private companies. — Tammy Webber, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Communities must participate in the National Flood Insurance Program before homeowners can buy policies underwritten by FEMA and sold by private companies. — CBS News, 22 June 2026 Energy has always underwritten American economic strength and national security. — Brigitte Bren, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Race, a fiction underwritten by material violence. — Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwritten
  1. funded
  2. subsidized
  3. financed
Verb
  • Even Realities has largely been funded by Chinese-origin venture firms including CDH Investments, Monolith Management and CVC Capital, and raised an undisclosed sum from Unicorn Capital Partners and Cyanhill Capital in January.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • The tech and retail giant has reserved 38 launches on Vulcan rockets and funded the construction of a dedicated new rocket assembly hangar at Cape Canaveral to support the ramp-up of Vulcan’s launch cadence.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Definition of funded
Verb
  • Childcare is subsidized, and extensive public transportation makes commuting affordable without requiring multiple vehicles.
    — Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • The biggest portion — $525 million — subsidized the operations of nonprofit service providers that hold city and county contracts to deliver services directly to homeless people.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
Definition of subsidized
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  • Madonna's first trip to London in 1982, with her friend, dancer Martin Burgoyne, was financed by their bartending jobs at New York's East Village bar Lucky Strike.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • While admission is free, the event has a roughly €2 million production budget and is financed entirely through sponsors rather than ticket sales.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of financed

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