How to Use underwriter in a Sentence

underwriter

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  • In the case of a direct listing, the underwriters are cut out.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter, is set to get the biggest share of the pool, the people said.
    — Dana Cimilluca, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2017
  • The underwriter had to finish the project to fulfill a performance bond with the city.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • For this aspect of the project, ambition will be the underwriter, not Wall Street.
    — Greg Jefferson, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The lender is also a top underwriter of the bonds globally.
    — David Caleb Mutua, Bloomberg.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Yet the energy industry will be the main underwriter of the city’s tourism dreams.
    — Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Barclays withdrew as underwriter for the plan in April, the first of several withdrawals that sank the projects.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Take climate risk, which Lloyd’s underwriters must put a price on.
    — Allison Schrager, Quartz, 10 July 2019
  • Leatrice worked as an underwriter for the Travelers for many years.
    — courant.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The company and its underwriters will set a final IPO price based on...
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 16 Feb. 2017
  • His father was an insurance underwriter and his mom stayed home to care for their three kids.
    — Meg James, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Now there was no underwriter to help pay for repairs, wages and getting crew members home.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Then underwriters hammer out how many shares investors want and at what price.
    — Fortune, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Meanwhile, Deutsche can act as an IPO underwriter but not a sponsor.
    — Frances Yoon, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2021
  • In 1970, Gary Gygax, a high school dropout, was fired from his job as an insurance underwriter.
    — Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The person willing to assume the risk would sign his name under the terms of the contract and eventually came to be known as an underwriter.
    — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
  • BofA will be paid through the proceeds of the bond sale; underwriter fees are estimated at $2.22 per bond.
    — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Since then, business dynamics have changed and the lead underwriter that brought PFA into this project has chosen to leave this deal.
    — Morgan Simon, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Over the summer, the city selected a financial advisor, underwriter and law firm to help it with the process.
    — Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2020
  • For most of the past decade, Citi ranked among the two largest municipal-bond underwriters by volume in the $4 trillion market for state and local debt.
    — Heather Gillers, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
  • To be sure, the Spotify offering won’t damage Wall Street underwriters in the near-term.
    — William D. Cohan, The Hive, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Costs will be about £5 per hour of flight, according to Allianz, an underwriter.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The ban only applies to Lloyd’s staff, rather than the insurance brokers and underwriters who do business in the 329-year-old market.
    — Bess Levin, The Hive, 15 Feb. 2017
  • The Woodlands Arts Council is currently seeking new underwriters for Phase 4 of the art bench project.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
  • Lyft has not decided which bank may become its lead underwriter for an I.P.O., the people said.
    — Mike Isaac and Katie Benner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • For a second straight auction, the shortest debt on offer had to be rescued by underwriters.
    — Subhadip Sircar, Bloomberg.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But Brex is not shouldering as much of the risk as traditional banks and card underwriters.
    — Jen Wieczner, Fortune, 19 June 2018
  • So far this year, the top 19 underwriters on Chinese domestic IPOs are all mainland firms.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The firm will also give its underwriters the option to purchase up to six million additional shares, according to an announcement from the firm.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 30 July 2024
  • Equity underwriters are close behind, with gains of as much as 30% predicted.
    — Katherine Doherty, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024

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