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His new backer Universal not only gives him near-total autonomy, but sacrifices potential home-entertainment revenue by giving his movies an extraordinarily long amount of time exclusively in theaters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Microsoft seemed like an obvious early winner in AI: The company became OpenAI’s first major corporate backer through a $1 billion investment in 2019, aligning itself early on with one of the industry’s juggernauts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

A backer of the prime minister said, when Burnham had faced tough questions in the by-election campaign, "he's fallen apart".

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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

Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

But the dismissal last month of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov -- one of the most ardent backers of drones -- raised some concerns over the future of the sector.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Given their embrace of Piker, it’s no surprise the Pod Bros were also among the most ardent backers of Platner, defending him like an expensive red sports car.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

In California, backers of the wealth tax say the state could take in $100 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Financial backers of both institutions—the Chemical Foundation in Columbia’s case and William Crocker, a banking and railroad magnate, in Berkeley’s case—seemed eager to pony up funds to cover Sloan’s further research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik