- past participle of underwrite.
underwritten
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Insurers have been buying private credit underwritten by their new owners or issued by a company controlled by them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The character is underwritten but Jolie picks up much of the slack through her silently shattered expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Not until the financial crisis did he, or the Fed, realize that badly underwritten mortgages were now scattered throughout the financial system, threatening its very survival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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
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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