as in funded
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwritten
The special visit was underwritten by Joey’s Wings, a charity that provides funding for childhood cancer research and support services for families navigating a cancer diagnosis, according to a news release.
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Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
In addition, assets are protected against theft and cybersecurity breaches by crime insurance underwritten by Lloyd’s, a leading global insurer.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
In others, leadership transitions immediately - but only once a replacement operator has been identified and underwritten with the same rigor as the deal itself.
—Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The net effect is a harsher environment in which African states must rely more heavily on regional capital, institutions, and political coordination to pursue development goals once partially underwritten by external partners.
—Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 2 Jan. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The company added that the new 500 million euros bridge loan was underwritten by Santander Corporate & Investment Banking.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
Sophie Pinkham Uzbekistan has a new biennial, but how many of its aesthetic possibilities are underwritten by authoritarianism?
—Joanna Walsh, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2025
This article was underwritten as part of a promotional agreement between The Enquirer and the Cincinnati Ballet.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
In addition, assets are protected against theft and cybersecurity breaches by crime insurance underwritten by Lloyd’s, a leading global insurer.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2026
In others, leadership transitions immediately - but only once a replacement operator has been identified and underwritten with the same rigor as the deal itself.
—Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026
The net effect is a harsher environment in which African states must rely more heavily on regional capital, institutions, and political coordination to pursue development goals once partially underwritten by external partners.
—Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 2 Jan. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The company added that the new 500 million euros bridge loan was underwritten by Santander Corporate & Investment Banking.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 19 Dec. 2025
Sophie Pinkham Uzbekistan has a new biennial, but how many of its aesthetic possibilities are underwritten by authoritarianism?
—Joanna Walsh, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2025
This article was underwritten as part of a promotional agreement between The Enquirer and the Cincinnati Ballet.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwritten
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While in the country, Harry and Meghan are also planning to visit several on-the-ground initiatives funded by their Archewell Foundation, including one that arranges for children injured in the Gaza war to be medically evacuated for treatment in Jordan.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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The corporation is currently funded largely via a de facto tax called a license fee, which is required from anyone who watches any form of iPlayer or live TV on any platform or device.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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The center also runs its own preschools, some of them state-subsidized, and maintains a waitlist for low-income families waiting for subsidized care.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Residents attest to pest infestation, mold and mildew in their units at the 297-unit apartment complex — privately owned but federally subsidized.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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As automobile production transformed Detroit into one of the wealthiest industrial cities in the country, fortunes made in manufacturing financed the construction of grand estates throughout neighborhoods such as Palmer Woods and Boston-Edison.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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