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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The Central Kentucky congressman closed out the latest fundraising quarter with upwards of $6.1 million in the bank, federal records show, a war chest more than 11 times larger than that of Daniel Cameron, the former attorney general who currently tops early surveys in the race.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2025
Compared to their predecessors, the new mayors are off to quick starts in building their war chests.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
There had been thought of the Heat trading out of the first round, or even down, in order to replenish the team’s draft war chest.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
The company behind it, Tools for Humanity, raised a hefty war chest from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Reid Hoffman.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2025
Compared to their predecessors, the new mayors are off to quick starts in building their war chests.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
There had been thought of the Heat trading out of the first round, or even down, in order to replenish the team’s draft war chest.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
The company behind it, Tools for Humanity, raised a hefty war chest from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Reid Hoffman.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 20 May 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 6 Aug. 2025.
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