as in financed
to provide money for
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolled
Likewise, once in power, Russian President Vladimir Putin quickly dispensed with the strongest of the oligarchs who had bankrolled his first election campaign.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
But nothing may have been funnier than Stiller’s assessment of the ever-consolidating programming ecosystem — including the platform that bankrolled 2018’s Escape at Dannemora.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
The utility bankrolled political consultants whose companies propped up ghost candidates in Miami-Dade and elsewhere to confuse voters, split the vote and secure state Senate seats for friendlier legislators.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Hunter Biden has acknowledged taking out millions of dollars in loans from Kevin Morris, a Hollywood attorney who largely bankrolled Hunter Biden's legal defense over the past five years.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
But in the 1900s, extermination programs bankrolled by the US and state governments started killing off prairie dogs, which were viewed as pests that competed with cattle for forage.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The Chicago Teachers Union bankrolled and elected one of its own as mayor.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
After its last war with Israel, in 2006, Hezbollah responded immediately with cash handouts bankrolled by Iran.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Yet Purdue and other opioid manufacturers bankrolled a deceptive marketing campaign proclaiming that opioids were not addictive when taken as prescribed.
—Adriane Fugh-Berman, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2025
Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
But nothing may have been funnier than Stiller’s assessment of the ever-consolidating programming ecosystem — including the platform that bankrolled 2018’s Escape at Dannemora.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
The utility bankrolled political consultants whose companies propped up ghost candidates in Miami-Dade and elsewhere to confuse voters, split the vote and secure state Senate seats for friendlier legislators.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Hunter Biden has acknowledged taking out millions of dollars in loans from Kevin Morris, a Hollywood attorney who largely bankrolled Hunter Biden's legal defense over the past five years.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
But in the 1900s, extermination programs bankrolled by the US and state governments started killing off prairie dogs, which were viewed as pests that competed with cattle for forage.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 26 Feb. 2025
The Chicago Teachers Union bankrolled and elected one of its own as mayor.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
After its last war with Israel, in 2006, Hezbollah responded immediately with cash handouts bankrolled by Iran.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Yet Purdue and other opioid manufacturers bankrolled a deceptive marketing campaign proclaiming that opioids were not addictive when taken as prescribed.
—Adriane Fugh-Berman, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Bankrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolled. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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