defund

verb

Definition of defundnext
as in to disendow

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Recent Examples of defund As a candidate, Hong has not backed away from her calls to defund and abolish the police. — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The shooting deaths of former Kansas City resident Renee Good and ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year had sparked calls to defund ICE, the immigration agency at the center of the chaos. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 That money is used to fund the BBC and, while there is a vocal minority who would defund the BBC tomorrow, the vast majority of Brits still like and consume it every day. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 12 June 2026 Corruption scandals of the kind Milei vowed to eradicate upon taking office have struck a nerve against the backdrop of his efforts to defund education, health care and social assistance. — ABC News, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for defund
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  1. receive
  2. subsist
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  • Dan Diorio, the executive vice president of state policy and government affairs for the Data Center Coalition, said the group that advocates on behalf of the industry would welcome discussion about the parameters for receiving the incentive.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
  • May, like her primary opponent, Barnes, received the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction.
    — Sophie Lindberg July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
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  • Prior to their local extinction in the 1920s, gray wolves in California subsisted mostly on mule deer and elk, state biologists say.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Human existence senses that something impedes it from subsisting.
    — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of subsist

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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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