underwriter

Example Sentences

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The U.S. remains the largest underwriter of humanitarian funding, but its allocation is down from more than $10 billion or more annually in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Bellis, who works as a mortgage underwriter, wanted to be closer to her parents because she has a child and needed more space.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

Investigators say that participants often tell an underwriter to allocate most of an IPO’s shares to a handful of accounts in the name of foreign nationals.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

This set the model for Wall Street’s role as underwriter of America’s soon-booming industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

No one in the office knew much, if anything, about the new underwriter, and most of the men were inclined, in view of Mr. Wintermuth's recommendation, to take him at his own assessed valuation.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)