bankroll
Example Sentences
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Big Tech has the balance sheets and the electricity addiction to bankroll what the U.S. government has spent 50 years failing to do.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Overseas Nepali workers bankroll their families and buttress the economy, making them a key constituency in elections next week -- but they cannot vote themselves.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Their careers play leapfrog, abetted by the studio executives and moneymen who bankroll their film projects, often against the executives’ better judgment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The universe of people willing and able to bankroll that — and who had control of an NFL team — was tiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
Sportswriters argued that the rich event was a farce arranged to pad Seabiscuit’s bankroll.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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