as in funded
to provide money for
a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition
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Recent Examples of underwritten
Sinema’s campaign-finance report didn’t make clear what activities were official Senate business and which were underwritten by her campaign.
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Apollo has underwritten $18 billion worth of such deals over the past year for the likes of Air France-KLM, Intel, and BP.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That’s the case with AARP, which has final expense policies for up to $30,000 underwritten by New York Life.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
Policies are underwritten by National Casualty Company or Veterinary Pet Insurance Company.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
This project was underwritten, in part, by Interact for Health.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Every character is underwritten — the ensemble functions as a collection of desires to be suppressed or acted upon — but in certain roles, the cast is good enough (especially Tennant, Williams and Hassell) to make something out of nothing.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
The campaign finance report doesn’t make clear what activities were official Senate business and which were underwritten by her campaign.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Among those whom Dickson called when considering Posen was Domenico De Sole, the chairman of Tom Ford International, who had underwritten, along with Ford, Posen’s second runway show in 2002.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Apollo has underwritten $18 billion worth of such deals over the past year for the likes of Air France-KLM, Intel, and BP.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That’s the case with AARP, which has final expense policies for up to $30,000 underwritten by New York Life.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
Policies are underwritten by National Casualty Company or Veterinary Pet Insurance Company.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
This project was underwritten, in part, by Interact for Health.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
Every character is underwritten — the ensemble functions as a collection of desires to be suppressed or acted upon — but in certain roles, the cast is good enough (especially Tennant, Williams and Hassell) to make something out of nothing.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
The campaign finance report doesn’t make clear what activities were official Senate business and which were underwritten by her campaign.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Underwritten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwritten. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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