backer
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The United States is Taiwan's most important security backer and biggest arms supplier.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The philanthropic funder has since rebranded itself as Coefficient Giving, and is a prolific backer of AI safety nonprofits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Its backers say the beavers have created new wetland habitats on the site, improved water quality and made the area more resilient to flooding and drought.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Park proponents highlight safety for cyclists and pedestrians, while reopening backers say risks have migrated to other streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Citing documents shared with OpenAI's financial backers, the FT said the company put its annualized revenue at close to $50 billion as of the end of September.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
To raise money for his new startup, Amodei turned to powerful backers in the EA community—including Sam Bankman-Fried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the United States as in Europe, many of Darwin’s most ardent backers were successful tradespeople whose hobby was butterfly or beetle collecting.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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