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Recent Examples of defund
This groundbreaking film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival and became a lightning rod in the culture wars, with conservative politicians attempting to defund the NEA over its support.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
In particular, Schlossberg offered scathing criticism of his anti-vaccine stances and decision to defund various medical research, as well as the harmful effects the actions can have on those receiving care similar to her own.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
After the film nabbed five awards at Israel’s annual Ophirs, the Minister of Culture, outraged at the depiction of Israeli soldiers, threatened to defund the ceremony.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
But that’s also true of every Democrat who won on Tuesday — including Mamdani himself, who has softened some of his stances on policing including past calls to defund the NYPD and build no new jails.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
In particular, Schlossberg offered scathing criticism of his anti-vaccine stances and decision to defund various medical research, as well as the harmful effects the actions can have on those receiving care similar to her own.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
After the film nabbed five awards at Israel’s annual Ophirs, the Minister of Culture, outraged at the depiction of Israeli soldiers, threatened to defund the ceremony.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
But that’s also true of every Democrat who won on Tuesday — including Mamdani himself, who has softened some of his stances on policing including past calls to defund the NYPD and build no new jails.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defund
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In New Mexico, Oklahoma and eastern Texas, the weather service has received reports of trees and limbs snapping under the weight of the ice, and related power outages.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 Jan. 2026
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But making the Super Bowl will draw him back to his junior college days, a time that followed him receiving zero scholarship offers out of high school.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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While tough shot-making is fun, prospects who subsist too heavily on that diet have a much higher failure rate as pros, where those shots go from hard to harder.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Until the money arrived, Haley had been trying to subsist largely on black coffee.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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