- past participle of underwrite.
underwritten
Example Sentences
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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
Alphabet said it plans to issue $30 billion in concurrent underwritten public offerings consisting of $15 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock and $15 billion in its class A and class C common equity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The US wants "a genuinely stable equilibrium" and wants to "preserve the conditions that have long underwritten peace and prosperity in this region", he added.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
That doesn’t apply to a scarily good Law, who makes the most of a curiously underwritten featured-player part.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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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