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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Hathaway has built a campaign war chest of about $525,000, according to the most recent federal campaign funding data. —
Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Hurd raised more than $609,000 last quarter, bringing his war chest to just under $2 million. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026 Frame, who is running his campaign without corporate money, has raised a fraction of Niello’s over $1 million war chest. —Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026 The Major League Baseball Players Association reportedly has a war chest of more than $519 million in case of a work stoppage. —Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for war chest
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Hurd raised more than $609,000 last quarter, bringing his war chest to just under $2 million. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026 Frame, who is running his campaign without corporate money, has raised a fraction of Niello’s over $1 million war chest. —Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026 The Major League Baseball Players Association reportedly has a war chest of more than $519 million in case of a work stoppage. —Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for war chest
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“War chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/war%20chest. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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