bankroll
Example Sentences
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Big Tech has the balance sheets and the electricity addiction to bankroll what the U.S. government has spent 50 years failing to do.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
With Google evidently willing to bankroll DeepMind’s research, and with its leaders attuned to DeepMind’s safety concerns, the path toward an acquisition seemed open.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
It also matters because Ellison could bankroll his son’s media deals largely thanks to Oracle’s soaring stock.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Overseas Nepali workers bankroll their families and buttress the economy, making them a key constituency in elections next week -- but they cannot vote themselves.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.