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We‘re not going to defund this.—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026 Those schools, in turn, can now defund programs based on low numbers.—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026 The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.—Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026 Trump is working to defund the same project now.—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for defund