underwrite
Example Sentences
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“Private credit is just credit. You underwrite it well and it performs. You underwrite it poorly, and it doesn’t.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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
Australia's national parliament on Monday introduced a bill to give powers to the government to underwrite the purchase of shiploads of fuel that will add to supply in Australia.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Investment banking went on to underwrite construction of the railroad, the telephone, and an industrial revolution that turned America into an economic and military superpower.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
A businessman learns the boy’s story and promises to underwrite part of the cost of his college education.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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