How to Use underwrite in a Sentence

underwrite

verb

• That will leave less to be used to underwrite the dozens of Olympic sports that aren't self-sustaining.
  — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• The only viable way to underwrite that is through a stress-test.
  — Richard Parker, Forbes, 24 July 2022
• Many feared that this would leave the sport bereft of crucial funds—but then global banks stepped in to underwrite F1.
  — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 3 June 2023
• The Fed, lacking the bandwidth to underwrite thousands of loans, relied on banks to make the Main Street loans.
  — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
• Sanzo then found a private donor to underwrite the trip.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2021
• The money would be used to underwrite the tuition for those who need the program but can’t afford it.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
• American drug consumers underwrite new drug research for the rest of the world.
  — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2021
• The bank is slated to underwrite almost $1 billion of bonds for a state water board later this month.
  — Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2022
• The entire cost of the trip is underwritten by private donations, so veterans do not have to pay any of the cost.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• Working on the project, more than 30 volunteers came out in support to underwrite the labor costs.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• Tigress was one of 17 firms to help underwrite trading app Robinhood’s IPO.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
• In fact, more than 25% of the market cap of the Nasdaq comes from companies underwritten by Sequoia.
  — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024
• This event is underwritten by the Lloyd Jaffe Memorial Fund.
  — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The Pre Classic is underwritten by Nike and normally takes place earlier in the year.
  — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• In those midterms, for example, 67 percent of young voters cast ballots for Democrats, helping to underwrite the party’s takeover of the House with a gain of 41 seats.
  — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• The group’s volunteers and donors were able to raise the funds needed to underwrite the cost of a bone marrow transplant which was not covered by the couple’s insurance.
  — Susanna Schrobsdorff, Time, 30 May 2021
• The ticketed event — which helps raise money for the Parade Company to underwrite other events — has been sold out for a few weeks.
  — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2022
• Revenue in that unit soared 31% from a year ago thanks in large part to big gains in trading revenue and fees from underwriting stock and bond offerings.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
• Investors are cheering their success in coaxing the Bank of England back into the market to underwrite bond prices.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
• Kessler was instrumental in bringing the Radys on board to help underwrite the orchestra’s new venue.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2021
• Each pie donated will underwrite a week of meals for a homebound senior.
  — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• Chubb declined to underwrite the nearly $500 million appeal bond for Trump’s New York civil fraud case.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• As the start of the school year approaches, the funds will help underwrite safety and sanitation costs, plus resources for students.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
• The company also was grappling with the pending loss of Thrive funding, a 10-year plan to underwrite local arts and culture groups.
  — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2024
• Many of the capital projects Glass has spearheaded in the past decade have been underwritten first by donations.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2020
• The grant will underwrite a series of videos produced by San Antonio women who know poverty first-hand.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 27 June 2020
• But late last week, the devil’s bargain that underwrote the transportation culture here broke down.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
• In 2009, the Dallas Zoo took over operations of the aquarium on the condition that the city underwrite its losses.
  — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2020
• Lenders currently pay a fairly costly one-time fee to pull a consumer's credit report to underwrite them for a loan.
  — Andy Taylor, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Neuharth tapped the then-bountiful profits of Gannett’s chain of local newspapers to underwrite his project.
  — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024