as in financed
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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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.
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Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwrote
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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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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
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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
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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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