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several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolled
The campaign for the ballot initiative is backed by a group of local prosecutors, including many who are politically conservative, and bankrolled in large part by Walmart and other big retailers.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Many were bankrolled by the parties directly.
—Jon Grinspan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
The steely faux-Gothic design of Lord Norman Foster’s Four Twenty Five skyscraper, including the restaurant, was bankrolled by the same entrepreneurs who took over the Seagram Building, Aby Rosen, David Levinson and Robert Lapidus.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In 2021, after the French government solicited proposals for a slavery memorial and named a short list of artists, an organization that had partnered with (and bankrolled) the project, CM98, insisted that any memorial list the names of 200,000 slaves that France had freed in 1848.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Since then, several alders and former CPS leaders have backed Martinez, while Johnson is getting support from the CTU, which bankrolled his campaign.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
The Intuit Dome, which also acts as a concert venue, was bankrolled by Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft and owner of the Clippers NBA team who is among the richest people in the world.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Promising insurance solutions bankrolled by philanthropy and government aid are beginning to emerge around the world.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2023
Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Many were bankrolled by the parties directly.
—Jon Grinspan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
The steely faux-Gothic design of Lord Norman Foster’s Four Twenty Five skyscraper, including the restaurant, was bankrolled by the same entrepreneurs who took over the Seagram Building, Aby Rosen, David Levinson and Robert Lapidus.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In 2021, after the French government solicited proposals for a slavery memorial and named a short list of artists, an organization that had partnered with (and bankrolled) the project, CM98, insisted that any memorial list the names of 200,000 slaves that France had freed in 1848.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Since then, several alders and former CPS leaders have backed Martinez, while Johnson is getting support from the CTU, which bankrolled his campaign.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
The Intuit Dome, which also acts as a concert venue, was bankrolled by Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft and owner of the Clippers NBA team who is among the richest people in the world.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Promising insurance solutions bankrolled by philanthropy and government aid are beginning to emerge around the world.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Bankrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolled. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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