underwrite
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Paris didn’t underwrite insurance for that Olympics because of a substantial increase in cost that followed Tokyo’s Covid-driven losses in 2020, according to industry trade reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In July, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a new legal obligation for "large-scale" data centres to underwrite power supplies, limit water use, and pay for any extra water infrastructure needed.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Permian is unique in that producers typically underwrite drilling there based on oil prices, and not the gas that they unearth in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“But we also underwrite and fund our own loans before transferring them for servicing. A big retail bank only has one rate sheet on the inside.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Somebody called and asked about ordering an ID card, the cottage industry that at fifty bucks a pop will help underwrite their contemplated move to Chicago.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Democracy is the heart of our nation’s constitutional regime, and its health underwrites the Constitution’s own vitality.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it might win broader support in Washington if Poland underwrites the costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Carvana underwrites its own loans, giving it an advantage to used car salesmen, reflected in its cars worth $500 to $1000 versus rivals after reconditioning, helped by its scale, Bellas said.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“It sort of underwrites all the flash and fun and music and the uncertainty of this current moment,” Streep said, according to Reuters.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
His Majesty underwrites the Scud, brother, and I am responsible for the lives of my command.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper
The Insolvency Service, a branch of the Department of Business and Trade, ran the company and underwrote its losses after it collapsed in 2019.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
For more than a decade, she covered consumer lending broadly, with a focus on how lenders underwrote loans and borrowers' ability to repay them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
In late October, brokerage industry regulator Finra started conducting a “review of firm practices” at the multiple firms that underwrote small-cap foreign IPOs between 2023 and September of this year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
And it represents a sobering turnabout for a foundation so prolific at Columbia that it underwrote both the Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
A venerable bank underwrote the construction of the new meeting hall.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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That is the product of one company’s own misjudged bet on rates, not any indication of poorly underwritten FHA mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Intel plans to raise $20 billion by way of an underwritten public offering of 210.5 million shares priced at $95 each.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Insurers have been buying private credit underwritten by their new owners or issued by a company controlled by them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The character is underwritten but Jolie picks up much of the slack through her silently shattered expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
This prophecy is underwritten by the tendency of the rich to do this already.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Chief Executive Alan Schnitzer pointed to strong underwriting performance across all of Travelers’ three segments, and said the company is well-positioned to finish the year strong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The company said it signed a retail underwriting agreement with Maybank Investment Bank, RHB Investment Bank and AmInvestment Bank for the planned listing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Regulators and lenders recently opened the door to using rival VantageScore, a joint venture by credit-reporting firms Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, for their mortgage underwriting decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“The related dislocation has to do with investors expecting the memory cycle to be over, while underwriting continued CPU growth through 2030.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Much of the rest went to underwriting the publication of books that few cared to own.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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