backer

Example Sentences

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Saudi Arabia, which supports the government, and the United Arab Emirates, the RSF’s top backer, have both become re-export hubs for gum, processing it into goods exported to Asia and Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

While the United States switched official diplomatic relations from Taipei to Beijing nearly 50 years ago, Washington is Taipei's most important security backer.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The agreement is not a final deal, with preconditions including a private-sector backer and a stringent carbon pricing regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Farage has said he was under "no obligation" to declare the gift from billionaire Reform backer Christopher Harborne because it had been given before he was an MP.

From BBC • May 13, 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