backing

Example Sentences

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While boosting the visibility of the shows on their platform has become a big part of the fest, that also includes backing comics they support, no matter how controversial they may be.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

This has long unnerved investors wary of backing a company whose mission explicitly subordinates profit to the broader benefit of humanity.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Barred by the constitution from running for a second term, he has given his backing to the left-wing candidate, Iván Cepeda.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Those investors often see backing mature companies through secondary deals as offering better protection against commodity-price volatility, compared with investing in new buyout funds that often target young businesses, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

I saw him through the window, seizing his horse’s mane, and mounting in his blundering brutal manner, and sidling and backing away.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens