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
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That’s according to a recent filing with the Department of Insurance by the state-created, but privately funded, plan.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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That effort will come as federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, a COVID-19 pandemic program that funded many violence prevention programs, dries up at the end of next year.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Venezuela, which subsidized Cuba for a decade in the 2000s, particularly with oil exports, no longer has the capacity to do so.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Their insurance would remain heavily subsidized, just at the lower level established by the original Affordable Care Act legislation.—
Margot Sanger-Katz,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The film is financed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT, and the Belgian tax shelter (in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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The film is financed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT and the Belgian tax shelter (in cooperation with France’s BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures).—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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