underwrote

past tense of underwrite

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of underwrote The giants of Silicon Valley have a lot in common with Laura Ingalls Wilder, who portrayed her life on the prairie as a triumph of self-sufficiency, barely mentioning that the government underwrote the railroads, provided the farmland and tided the family through rough winters. Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwrote
Verb
  • 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
  • The Zionist Organization, founded at the Basel congress, was financed by membership fees.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • His position is funded by the ADG Community Journalism Project.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • FanDuel subsidized rides for thousands of fans going to and from a Philadelphia Eagles game last week.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Underwrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwrote. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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