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backed adj.
endorsed adj.
promised adj.

ADJECTIVE

backed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approved assisted endorsed favored

STRONG

advocated aided bankrolled bolstered boosted championed encouraged financed fostered furthered helped promoted propped seconded sponsored upheld

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disapproved

WEAK

backless discouraged opposed

ADJECTIVE

endorsed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approved backed ratified recommended sanctioned settled supported

STRONG

advocated affirmed attested blessed commended concluded legalized notarized sealed sponsored upheld validated

WEAK

OK'd boosted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disapproved discouraged

WEAK

cancelled vetoed

ADJECTIVE

promised

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreed guaranteed

STRONG

affirmed asseverated assured consented covenanted ensured insured plighted professed stipulated subscribed sworn undertaken vowed warranted

WEAK

vouched for

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Insurers have been buying private credit underwritten by their new owners or issued by a company controlled by them.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Longer-term loans underwritten by the DSRB’s prime rating could smooth out funding while cutting the risk premium arms contractors face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The character is underwritten but Jolie picks up much of the slack through her silently shattered expression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The underwritten offerings are being led by Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, with Goldman acting as the private placement agent on the Berkshire transaction.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 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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