underwrite
Example Sentences
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“Instead, investors are being asked to underwrite the company’s larger silicon ambitions, which we believe means the market is going to be increasingly sensitive to Arm’s spending discipline.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Illinois residents, who helped underwrite some infrastructure costs, will get in free on Tuesdays and receive a $4 discount other days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The Consumer Bankers Association estimated earlier this year that the private sector could underwrite student loans for at least 75% of graduate students who would have otherwise taken on more federal debt.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
That means that lenders will underwrite Meta or Microsoft’s investment-grade credit quality instead of CoreWeave’s non-investment-grade rating.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
It is not books as physical objects that are required to underwrite the fact; it is sources that don’t alter and change from one day to the next, of which books remain the clearest manifestation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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