as in funded
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwritten
That is remarkable given the majority of its rents, paid by the NHS, are effectively underwritten by the government.
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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
Every character is underwritten — the ensemble functions as a collection of desires to be suppressed or acted upon — but in certain roles, the cast is good enough (especially Tennant, Williams and Hassell) to make something out of nothing.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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
Every character is underwritten — the ensemble functions as a collection of desires to be suppressed or acted upon — but in certain roles, the cast is good enough (especially Tennant, Williams and Hassell) to make something out of nothing.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwritten
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Ashley Miznazi is a climate change reporter for the Miami Herald funded by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and MSC Cruises.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Concurrent classes are now free for families starting this school year and are funded in part by the new Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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Most of its residents rely on the low-cost insurance subsidized by the federal and state governments.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Sep. 2025
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As my 2023 book Unequal Cities describes, the growth of suburbs was fueled by racially and economically exclusionary policies, with government subsidized housing and automobile transportation.—
Richard McGahey,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Think about how rare this is, and how few people can get a movie financed just for saying yes.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In fact, public records show ultrawealthy celebrities including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Elon Musk, and even Mark Zuckerberg have financed their homes.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Underwritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwritten. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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