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[uhn-der-rahyt, uhn-der-rahyt] / ˌʌn dərˈraɪt, ˈʌn dərˌraɪt /


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Paris didn’t underwrite insurance for that Olympics because of a substantial increase in cost that followed Tokyo’s Covid-driven losses in 2020, according to industry trade reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Breaking this cycle demands action on two fronts," the report said, including "disrupting the financial flows that now underwrite an insurgency".

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

"We are bringing the world's leading long-term capital providers together to independently underwrite AI infrastructure."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Pantheon already had exposure to over 80% of the underlying portfolio companies, allowing the firm to underwrite and price the transaction quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Somebody called and asked about ordering an ID card, the cottage industry that at fifty bucks a pop will help underwrite their contemplated move to Chicago.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Democracy is the heart of our nation’s constitutional regime, and its health underwrites the Constitution’s own vitality.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

But it might win broader support in Washington if Poland underwrites the costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Carvana underwrites its own loans, giving it an advantage to used car salesmen, reflected in its cars worth $500 to $1000 versus rivals after reconditioning, helped by its scale, Bellas said.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

“It sort of underwrites all the flash and fun and music and the uncertainty of this current moment,” Streep said, according to Reuters.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

Turkey normally underwrites a   substantial portion of the Turkish Cypriot economy.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The Insolvency Service, a branch of the Department of Business and Trade, ran the company and underwrote its losses after it collapsed in 2019.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

For more than a decade, she covered consumer lending broadly, with a focus on how lenders underwrote loans and borrowers' ability to repay them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

In late October, brokerage industry regulator Finra started conducting a “review of firm practices” at the multiple firms that underwrote small-cap foreign IPOs between 2023 and September of this year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

And it represents a sobering turnabout for a foundation so prolific at Columbia that it underwrote both the Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2024

Howard embraced the idea, underwrote the entire cost, and arranged to have Ridgewood’s orchards, fields, and dairy supply the hospital with food.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Policies are being underwritten without the usual benefit of a long track record of claims to help set the rate and terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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

You can try anytime, but in all but a couple of states the policies are medically underwritten.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 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

Enova is a fast-growing fintech platform with about $7.2 billion in total assets, which has developed innovative machine-learning-based risk underwriting to provide loans to traditionally underserved subprime consumers and small businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But there is often a tension between the two parties, with the merchant trying to get the bank to approve more applicants than meet its credit underwriting and other requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Anthropic also still needs to present its financials to sell-side analysts at the underwriting banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Banks must disclose active client relationships, and underwriting banks must honor quiet periods following an IPO before issuing research reports.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Given to mystical preoccupations, this android proposed the group escape attempt, underwriting it ideologically with a pretentious fiction as to the sacredness of so-called android “life.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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