Definition of defund
transitive verb
: to withdraw funding from
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Well, here’s the answer https://t.co/SsdhaPtaFh — Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) May 30, 2017 The Dog Whistle President wants to disband & defund civil rights initiatives that prevent discrimination in shelters, workplaces & schools.
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Trump’s budget would completely defund the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program, which are overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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If the school newspaper prints an article that offends you, don’t tell the university to defund the paper: publish your own online blogs and journals, and circulate them far and wide.
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The AHCA would also defund Planned Parenthood and phase out the Medicaid expansion that happened under the ACA.
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1948
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1948
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