underwrite

Example Sentences

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When China was credited with brokering the Saudi-Iran rapprochement in 2023, the two nations had conducted years of back-channel talks and simply required a low-risk broker to underwrite the final agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Wells Fargo Chief Financial Officer Michael Santomassimo told analysts in November that “we underwrite every one” of the roughly 2,800 or 3,000 loans in the portfolio financing private-credit firms lending to middle-market companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Consumer Bankers Association estimated earlier this year that the private sector could underwrite student loans for at least 75% of graduate students who would have otherwise taken on more federal debt.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

All that was left was the furniture that was absolutely necessary, the silver candelabra and table service, for the everyday utensils had been sold one by one to underwrite the costs of her education.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez