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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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Adani, one of India's richest men and a vocal backer of Trump on social media, has been rocked in recent years by corporate fraud allegations and a stock crash.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Microsoft has been a big backer of OpenAI but is struggling to remain on the forefront of the fast-moving technology, which threatens to unseat software makers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures, an early stage Indian start-up backer said Shah was getting an "even bigger canvas to paint his bold brushstrokes in".

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 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

Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Among their backers was a third Nobel brother, Alfred, already well on his way to immense wealth after patenting dynamite in 1867.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

According to minutes from a Thursday hearing on the matter, Rockwell concluded that, to the extent the measure’s backers object to that language, they are objecting to “the provisions of the measure itself.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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