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Scott Spiker, has been calling to defund The Hop, saying funding for the free streetcar should instead be put toward other city priorities.
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
—Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
This spring, Hegseth's Pentagon moved to defund the Navy's future stealth fighter jet amid worries that the country's defense industry lacked the capacity to build the plane alongside higher priority projects.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2013, Heritage Action announced a campaign to defund the Affordable Care Act.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
—Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
This spring, Hegseth's Pentagon moved to defund the Navy's future stealth fighter jet amid worries that the country's defense industry lacked the capacity to build the plane alongside higher priority projects.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2013, Heritage Action announced a campaign to defund the Affordable Care Act.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defund
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Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
3 Nov. 2025
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Speaking at the scene of the Huntingdon attack on Sunday morning, BTP Superintendent John Loveless said the suspect was arrested within eight minutes of the first emergency call being received.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some scientists suggest that humans, in fact, made evolutionary leaps as scavengers subsisting off of cats’ felled prey, picking the bones clean.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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