underwrite
verb (used with object)
to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
was underwriting
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past progressiveof underwrite.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Middle East was exploding, the United States was underwriting covert warfare in Central America, and relations with the Soviet Union were at rock bottom when Mr. Shultz became the 60th secretary of state.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2021
But sitting in Bryant Park on a July afternoon, Mr. Bearman suggested that Medium was underwriting magazinelike projects because for a relatively small investment, the site can bring attention to a Web-based platform for content.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2013
Now imagine that you were told, by both your officers and by the Afghan government that your country was underwriting, that you were forbidden from searching inside buildings after the sun went down.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
Thus, in effect, as a prospective purchaser of further vast amounts, it was underwriting the speculation in the pit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Worse, in J&J's view, at the bottom of the ad was a message that Whitehall-Robins Healthcare was underwriting the reprint "as a public service."
From Time Magazine Archive
