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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

“The track record of memecoins has been rocky at best, and it was not clear that this issue had either the backer or the timing to buck that trend.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

At 3 p.m., he flipped a switch at 23 Wall Street, turning on 106 electric lamps in the offices of his financial backer, J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.

From Slate Sep. 4, 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

Musk had unusual demands for Boring’s investors, which include a slew of his longtime backers.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The largest hydropower project hit in the August disaster was the 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli 1, whose backers had commissioned extensive technical evaluations before breaking ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

But there was broad political consensus that cuts would be wrong – just 5% of Labour voters, 7% of Conservatives and 11% of Reform UK backers said they supported cuts to those payments.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

That number is far below what backers had sought, but industry advocates welcomed the measure.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

“Loomis had ninety ideas a minute,” one of their financial backers observed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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