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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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And so you’d expect, given that the company is a major backer and promoter of artificial-intelligence and technology companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Energy Transfer’s executive chairman Kelcy Warren, who Forbes estimates is worth over $9 billion, is a major backer of TXSE’s parent company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Other backers include playwright and screenwriter James Graham, who wrote stage shows including Ink, Quiz and Dear England, as well as Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright and The Crown's Peter Morgan.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

DiCamillo said backers of a ballot measure also should be concerned any time support registers below 50%, since voters who are undecided or unsure tend to vote no.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

One of its large backers is Good Ventures, a foundation set up by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“They’re like company-specific AI labs,” with the ETFs holding shares of their partners or backers, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Sympathetic to Bobby’s plight, the committee circulated to its members a letter of protest that was ultimately sent to Icelandic Television, other media, and to the financial backers and distributors of the film.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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