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backer

[bak-er] / ˈbæk ər /


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“Marty Supreme” director Josh Safdie cast Catsimatidis as Christopher Galanis, a financial backer of the table tennis phenom played by Timothée Chalamet in the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Thrive Capital, another large OpenAI investor and loyal backer of Altman’s, is set to lead the round instead, people familiar with the deal said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

However, China was the election's biggest backer, analysts say, and discussions over stalled Beijing-backed infrastructure projects are now being revived.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

But a backer of the bill, Congresswoman Nancy Picón Martínez, said that the mining industry was being portrayed "as if it were a monster".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik