war chest
noun
: a fund accumulated to finance a war
broadly
: a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, or campaign
Examples of war chest in a Sentence
The candidate held fund-raising dinners to build up his war chest.
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The former Speaker enters the campaign field with a war chest of nearly $900,000 and list of more than 20 endorsements from Democrats including Rep. Judy Chu, state Sens. Sabrina Cervantes and Eloise Gomez Reyes and Assemblymembers Joaquin Arambula, Josh Lowenthal and Chris Ward.
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Nicole Nixon
july 28, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2025
Trump has mounted a massive pressure campaign on holdouts, putting members of Congress in a difficult position of choosing Musk and his war chest of cash or Trump and his bully pulpit.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
The Central Kentucky congressman closed out the latest fundraising quarter with upwards of $6.1 million in the bank, federal records show, a war chest more than 11 times larger than that of Daniel Cameron, the former attorney general who currently tops early surveys in the race.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2025
Compared to their predecessors, the new mayors are off to quick starts in building their war chests.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Nicole Nixon
july 28, Sacbee.com, 28 July 2025
Trump has mounted a massive pressure campaign on holdouts, putting members of Congress in a difficult position of choosing Musk and his war chest of cash or Trump and his bully pulpit.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
The Central Kentucky congressman closed out the latest fundraising quarter with upwards of $6.1 million in the bank, federal records show, a war chest more than 11 times larger than that of Daniel Cameron, the former attorney general who currently tops early surveys in the race.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2025
Compared to their predecessors, the new mayors are off to quick starts in building their war chests.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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