as in financed
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwrote
Partners now sharing in the effort In 2024, Auto Experts underwrote the entire cost of everything for Autos of Love — from vehicle refurbishment to marketing, catering, event hosting for the giveaway, and even photo/video production.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
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
Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
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
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The move would be financed utilizing STAR bonds, which would be paid off over 30 years using new state sales tax revenues — and potentially also local taxes — generated within a dedicated district.—
Sofi Zeman
January 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Secret recordings detailed in the indictment describe how Tricolor leaders financed their business by lying about inventory and their customer base.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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What is supposed to be the best trip ever, funded by R&R, immediately starts to go south.—
Ashley Boucher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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In a small and limited study funded by K Health, Cedars-Sinai researchers compared several hundred diagnosis and treatment recommendations made by AI to those made by physicians.—
Martha Bebinger,
NPR,
9 Jan. 2026
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For decades, blue states had quietly subsidized red ones, in an unspoken exchange that once passed for national unity.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
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Colorado’s Child Care Assistance Program Since the late 1990s, the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program has subsidized the cost of child care for parents and caregivers with lower incomes who are working, searching for work or pursuing education.—
Jenn Finders,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Underwrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwrote. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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