- past participle of underwrite.
underwritten
Example Sentences
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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
Issuing $1.25 billion in common stock through an underwritten public offering, another $2 billion in an at-the-market offering and $3.75 billion in convertible preferred stock interests could widen the pool of shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Alphabet said it plans to issue $30 billion in concurrent underwritten public offerings consisting of $15 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock and $15 billion in its class A and class C common equity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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
