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
"Breaking this cycle demands action on two fronts," the report said, including "disrupting the financial flows that now underwrite an insurgency".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
SYDNEY—Australia plans to require data centers to underwrite their electricity and water supplies, as the government seeks to govern the growing artificial-intelligence industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Luckily, Simba Quix was still willing to underwrite my expenses, and I was able to continue playing tennis each afternoon, instead of being out working to pay my way through school.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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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
“We underwrote a country with a demonstrated ability to manage through it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
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
Perhaps Wilson’s closest confidant was Beverly Hills philanthropist Betty Freeman, who underwrote several of Wilson’s productions, including “Einstein on the Beach,” the opera he created with Philip Glass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
A venerable bank underwrote the construction of the new meeting hall.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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He is so underwritten that it’s baffling why an army falls into line behind him given that he boasts no leadership or military experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
The district letter alleged Carvalho’s undisclosed travel costs were underwritten by education companies that included Scholastic, for a 2022 trip to a board of directors meeting and another event in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
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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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
But the state would still have to factor in the price of the loan’s administrative and underwriting costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
This will mean changing their operating models and the interest rates they charge, as well as using technology to improve efficiency in operations, underwriting and service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
Given to mystical preoccupations, this android proposed the group escape attempt, underwriting it ideologically with a pretentious fiction as to the sacredness of so-called android “life.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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