as in funded
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwritten
How else to describe a technological project that produces art, music, film, and text that has not been underwritten by the human experience and is uniquely devoid of feeling?
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
The rest was underwritten by donors, with some of the work done by volunteers.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
This article was underwritten as part of a promotional agreement between The Enquirer and Cincinnati Ballet.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
That is remarkable given the majority of its rents, paid by the NHS, are effectively underwritten by the government.
—Ian King, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Sinema’s campaign-finance report didn’t make clear what activities were official Senate business and which were underwritten by her campaign.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Apollo has underwritten $18 billion worth of such deals over the past year for the likes of Air France-KLM, Intel, and BP.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
This project was underwritten, in part, by Interact for Health.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
The rest was underwritten by donors, with some of the work done by volunteers.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
This article was underwritten as part of a promotional agreement between The Enquirer and Cincinnati Ballet.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
That is remarkable given the majority of its rents, paid by the NHS, are effectively underwritten by the government.
—Ian King, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Sinema’s campaign-finance report didn’t make clear what activities were official Senate business and which were underwritten by her campaign.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Apollo has underwritten $18 billion worth of such deals over the past year for the likes of Air France-KLM, Intel, and BP.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
This project was underwritten, in part, by Interact for Health.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwritten
Verb
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Caravel’s biotechnology is rooted in research originally funded by the Department of Energy and conducted by Nicks at Tufts University.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Figures are net of revenue sharing that transferred roughly $400 million to low-revenue teams last year, funded by high-revenue teams and 50% of luxury tax proceeds.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Its politics tend to be a battle between center-left and progressive factions, subsidized by the stratospheric wealth of policy-shaping tech and real-estate billionaires.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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His schooling was subsidized by the government and came with a commitment to work for a few years for Iranian state TV channels.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Stuckmann is a movie reviewer and personality on YouTube with more than 2 million subscribers who worked on getting the film made for years and financed it through a Kickstarter campaign.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Underwritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwritten. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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