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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Former Congressman and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke built a massive campaign war chest in his 2022 campaign against Abbott.
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Power conference programs have built multimillion-dollar NIL war chests to attract top-tier recruits and transfers, giving them a significant talent advantage over the majority of their non-Power conference counterparts.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The next mayoral election isn't until 2027, but the fundraiser gives the O'Connell campaign the chance to start building a war chest.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Butler, at his best, is among the best big-game players in the game and the Warriors swung a deal for him while preserving their war chest of future assets.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Power conference programs have built multimillion-dollar NIL war chests to attract top-tier recruits and transfers, giving them a significant talent advantage over the majority of their non-Power conference counterparts.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The next mayoral election isn't until 2027, but the fundraiser gives the O'Connell campaign the chance to start building a war chest.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Butler, at his best, is among the best big-game players in the game and the Warriors swung a deal for him while preserving their war chest of future assets.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for war chest
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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