How to Use fund in a Sentence

fund

1 of 2 noun

• The fund was established to aid the poor.
• The comedian had a large fund of jokes.
• All her funds were in a checking account.
• His funds were getting lower as he continued to look for a job.
• As part of that project, the grocer received funds through the state’s Project Restore program to help with the cost of moving to the Belvedere.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2023
• But Kim’s report showed around half of his funds were raised in those final five days of the quarter.
  — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• If that fund grows by 3.5 percent over the fiscal year, the state’s sales tax on food will be cut again, down to 2 percent.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• Several more agreements followed with the fund and the World Bank.
  — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Instructions on where to mail a check are located on the same fund page.
  — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• But the rest of the cash was also Kidd's own, and that of her underage children's college funds.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 9 June 2023
• Distribution of the state funds was then paused pending the approval of the safety rules.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
• Three Fremantle projects have been targeted to form the fund’s first wave of projects.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• The library collects some funds through the Scholastic Book Fair, but that money does not stretch far, Cobb said.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• As recently as 2021, the fund was trading for more than its assets were worth.
  — Michael Foster, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• So most of this money is coming from U. S. Treasury funds.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• Workers who participated in the strike have been paid through the union's strike fund.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2023
• The caregiver may be required to complete a background check to receive the funds.
  — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• When the performance lagged in 2021, Narvekar said returns would have been better if the fund had taken on more risk.
  — Janet Lorin, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Some of those funds have since been clawed back amid ongoing spending fights in Congress.
  — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• President Biden has called on lawmakers to approve the funds as part of a deal that would fund the government and stave off a shutdown at the end of the month.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Investors have taken note, sending assets in such funds to $5.9 trillion, the most on record.
  — WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
• There are no secret levers or magic funds, and surprise windfalls are rare.
  — Tracy Lownsberry, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The same is true of other places investors like to stash cash, such as savings accounts and money-market funds.
  — Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 29 Nov. 2023
• Other commissioners expressed alarm that the SEC agreed to approve the funds.
  — TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
• Samaha said supporters of the fund had already lined up members of the work group and guidelines for how the money should be disbursed.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
• The country then broke the taboo of sending weapons abroad, opting to help arm Ukraine and declaring a more than $1o0 billion special fund for defense.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• This single customer parked over $3 billion of uninsured funds with them.
  — Mark T. Williams, Fortune, 21 June 2023
• Except that today, the Cour des Comptes, the people in charge of auditing the use of public funds, want to say that films have to make more money, and be more profitable.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
• Huffman also outlined goals to break even next year and fund data and API tools for the site’s moderators.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• The Archdiocese of Portland has established a fire relief fund for St. Joseph.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023

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fund

2 of 2 verb

• Who funds the company pension plan?
• The group funded three new scholarships.
• The new songs are out now in part to help fund visas for the band’s return.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 Sep. 2023
• Probably about 80% of the patrons at both live outside the cities that fund them.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• Singer, who funds some of the groups with which Leo is affiliated, was also on the trip.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
• Greene said planners continue to pursue grants to fund that part of the greenway.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 22 June 2023
• There is little doubt that a stopgap bill will be needed to fund the government past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year.
  — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The state already has the money, but all projects still must be approved by DOE before they are funded.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• Ohio became the first state to open a charger funded by the new program earlier this month.
  — Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• His effort and his aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, were funded by some of the city’s leading businessmen.
  — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• At the time, Miko’s career as a tattoo artist was taking off, giving her money to fund studio time.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
• The school districts still receive the same amount of money because state law requires them to be fully funded.
  — By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner, 15 July 2023
• This year, none of the 12 bills were passed before the end of September, threatening to shut the government down over the weekend when funding dried up.
  — Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, Caroline Linton, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The exec notes that best-selling author James Patterson helped fund the project.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• His campaign says it's fully funded through the early-voting states.
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
• The program is funded with $20.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars and a state grant.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• But there are few federal or state programs to subsidize the construction of these units and few banks willing to fund them with loans.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• For Anchorage, a main hurdle for the proposal right now is funding.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
• The Senate on Thursday voted down a ban on earmarks as the chamber considers a trio of bills to fund the government next year.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
• Gutierrez said the project would be privately funded, though that rang hollow among some critics.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
• Proceeds from this event will help fund efforts to attract and retain city residents.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• In addition to issues with the littoral combat ship, the service cut the number of Zumwalt-class destroyers from 32 to 3, and failed to design and fund a new class of cruiser.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
• The billboards were funded by donations from MoveOn members.
  — C Mandler, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
• Can’t be left alone, have had to fund plane tickets for caretakers while my husband closes up our apartment in L.A. Plane tickets back to bring our pets.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2023
• Gebbia helped fund the film and also played an active role in the film’s pre-production, production, and edit.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• Some early agencies, like the Post Office and the Patent Office, funded their budgets by fees levied on customers and applicants.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
• And then another user even funded her IVF journey, through earnings on the platform.
  — Devine Blacksher, Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
• Never, ever, ever believe anyone telling you such and such a spending bill will be self funded.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Report for America, funded by both private and public donors, covers up to 50% of a reporter’s salary.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• That's really one of the first orders of business in addition to funding the government.
  — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024