- past participle of underwrite.
underwritten
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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
When home prices stopped rising, home building turned down and delinquencies mounted on poorly underwritten mortgages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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
Lee had already underwritten the funeral and sent a wash basket of groceries to the stricken families.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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