backer

Example Sentences

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Clifton’s former backer, Meieran, says he doesn’t think things are going to bounce back enough to warrant more massive investment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Thrive Capital, another large OpenAI investor and loyal backer of Altman’s, is set to lead the round instead, people familiar with the deal said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But a backer of the bill, Congresswoman Nancy Picón Martínez, said that the mining industry was being portrayed "as if it were a monster".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

While investors’ appetite for space has grown in recent years, NASA, through its contracts, remains a major backer of everything from satellite makers to launch companies.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 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