defray

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Recent Examples of defray There would be an enhanced deduction, of $4,000, for older adults of certain income levels, to help defray taxes on Social Security income. Lisa Mascaro, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025 Through the Lightfoot years and in 2024, the first year of Johnson’s term, CPS paid part of the tab, with some of the cost defrayed by declared surpluses from the city’s tax-increment financing districts and the rest handled by federal pandemic aid. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025 One of his top customers created an online fundraising campaign, hoping to raise $20,000 to help defray some of the losses. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025 Conservatives, particularly from the Freedom Caucus, held out for steeper spending cuts to defray costs piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for defray
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defray
Verb
  • The cost of the wedding has been estimated at up to nearly $50M, infuriating locals and activists who claim Amazon pays minimal taxes in European countries and point to Bezos’ use of his extreme personal wealth to effectively take over parts of the historic city, disrupting daily life.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • And the companies that pay attention will reap the benefits.
    Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Located near a low-income and subsidized housing owned and operated by Carabetta, the new development also could be housing, potentially a mix of market-rate and affordable.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • In Miami-Dade, the freeze doesn’t impact the thousands of people currently relying on existing Section 8 vouchers to subsidize rent.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Tony Gwynn Stadium was regarded as one of the best ballparks on the West Coast in 1997, when former Padres owner John Moores funded a $4 million rebuild.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology for GPS. USSF-106 is the 2nd of two NSSF Phase 2 contracts awarded to ULA in 2020 originally targeting a launch by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 (FY22).
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • The livelihood of the local industry is indeed reliant on international co-productions and sales because the country is too small for ambitious projects to be fully financed locally, Marcus argues.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • The film was financed and produced by Jeffrey M. Zucker’s Janowski Entertainment, in partnership with Core 4 Films and 19 Pictures.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 June 2025

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“Defray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defray. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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