Example Sentences

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Their careers play leapfrog, abetted by the studio executives and moneymen who bankroll their film projects, often against the executives’ better judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

I’m sure Sunkara would respond that there would be safeguards in place to head off graft and make sure government moneymen made wise decisions.

From Slate • May 22, 2019

For the big studio moneymen, that two-and-a-half-minute clip was an excellent day at the office.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2019

Hollywood and all its trappings have long proved alluring to moneymen, despite the long list of ventures that have failed.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2015

The picture that began to congeal in his mind was the essence of injustice: battle-worn veterans of the war for independence being cheated out of their just rewards by mere moneymen.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis