as in funded
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwritten
The rest was underwritten by donors, with some of the work done by volunteers.
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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
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
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
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
Verb
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During a tour at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix headquarters last October, staff described the evolution from a Chicago garage startup to a sprawling campus funded by donors in 2018.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His position is funded by the ADG Community Journalism Project.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nadel, who is openly gay, muses on how the deaths of gay men subsidized his easy, happy childhood.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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FanDuel subsidized rides for thousands of fans going to and from a Philadelphia Eagles game last week.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In China, newer but heavily debt-financed assets—from metro systems to high-speed rail—face profitability challenges, with maintenance costs outpacing budgets.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Zionist Organization, founded at the Basel congress, was financed by membership fees.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Underwritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwritten. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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