backer
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Shortly after he was appointed in January, his advisor and key backer Sergiy Sternenko was confident he could win over the military insiders to his new approach.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
A backer of the prime minister said, when Burnham had faced tough questions in the by-election campaign, "he's fallen apart".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
It was not Su’s only foray into the space industry; his company has been a high-profile backer of some of SpaceX’s Chinese competitors.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Reported backers included SoftBank of Japan and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In his first term, about two-thirds of Trump’s backers approved strongly of his performance.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Epstein did not tell her he was one of the company's financial backers.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
By June, Wall Street heavyweights BlackRock and Citadel Securities had signed on as backers and the Texas exchange had raised roughly $120 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
