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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Several members of the Gindi family, which operates Century 21 department stores and the real estate firm Gindi Equities, have also contributed to the candidate, adding more than $10,000 to his war chest.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
That meant a year as an independent, which would be particularly harsh on its powerhouse men’s basketball program that has reached the NCAA Tournament for the past two years and has one of the largest NIL war chests on the West Coast.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Or, even worse, the Spurs could just trade the No. 2 pick and add even more assets to their war chest.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, Abbott deployed a $10 million war chest from Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass to fight every Republican who in 2023 voted against his school voucher plan, orchestrating one of the bloodiest primary seasons in recent memory.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
That meant a year as an independent, which would be particularly harsh on its powerhouse men’s basketball program that has reached the NCAA Tournament for the past two years and has one of the largest NIL war chests on the West Coast.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Or, even worse, the Spurs could just trade the No. 2 pick and add even more assets to their war chest.
—William Guillory, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Meanwhile, Abbott deployed a $10 million war chest from Pennsylvania billionaire Jeff Yass to fight every Republican who in 2023 voted against his school voucher plan, orchestrating one of the bloodiest primary seasons in recent memory.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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