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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Levine has emerged as an early front-runner in the race, already sitting on a campaign war chest of nearly $1.7 million after securing $1.2 million in public matching funds last month.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Wu, a popular progressive, has $1.7 million in her campaign war chest, according to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Autocrats rule nations whose war chests are brimming with nukes and the missiles to deliver them.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The meager war chest leaves clubs on the hook for multimillion-dollar capital calls to cover league expenses each year.
—Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Wu, a popular progressive, has $1.7 million in her campaign war chest, according to the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
Autocrats rule nations whose war chests are brimming with nukes and the missiles to deliver them.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The meager war chest leaves clubs on the hook for multimillion-dollar capital calls to cover league expenses each year.
—Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 21 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 11 Mar. 2025.
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