as in to fund
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwrite
The explosive expansion of higher education that began after the Second World War was underwritten by federal dollars.
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The ethics commission says that raises transparency issues that can undermine the public’s trust in government and that other funding mechanisms should be used to pay for business trip not underwritten by taxpayers.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
But this trade is underwriting deadly crises around the world.
—Sasha Lezhnev, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
The cocktail is not in any way embraced, endorsed, or underwritten by the club itself—their official website doesn’t mention it at all, nor do the various online reviews.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The ethics commission says that raises transparency issues that can undermine the public’s trust in government and that other funding mechanisms should be used to pay for business trip not underwritten by taxpayers.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
But this trade is underwriting deadly crises around the world.
—Sasha Lezhnev, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025
The cocktail is not in any way embraced, endorsed, or underwritten by the club itself—their official website doesn’t mention it at all, nor do the various online reviews.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwrite
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To that end, Iran has funded, trained, and at times even created various proxies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and various terrorist militias in Syria and Iraq.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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It will be used to fund several activities, including fellowships to train interdisciplinary scholars, technical development projects, and conferences brining together scholars in quantum biology and medicine.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Much of this volume comes from financing M&A activity.—
Bruce Werner,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Yet globally, less than 3 percent of adaptation actions are financed by private capital.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Without it, these cases drag on for years while patent-infringing products, often subsidized by foreign governments, flood American markets.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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That is going away because the government should not be subsidizing these things ...—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
3 June 2025
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“Underwrite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwrite. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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