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Recent Examples of defundIn March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate and defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which issues $180 million annually to libraries nationwide.—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025 Trump's push to defund public broadcasting sparks bipartisan concern
President Donald Trump has asked Congress to rescind nearly $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the full amount allocated for the next two budget years.—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025 Congress has the ultimate say over the budget and has so far rejected the president’s push to defund all research, offering a lifeline to keep the National Weather Service staffed and labs open.—Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025 Ocasio-Cortez, who has vocally condemned Israeli actions in Gaza, defended her vote, arguing the amendment would only defund the defensive Iron Dome system, while leaving offensive weapon support untouched.—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for defund
In fact, many traditional northern hunter–gatherers such as the Inuit subsisted mostly on animal foods.
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Melanie Beasley,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
Many scenes in the film are spoken in the local language and the village, as well as the mountainous, rugged landscape that surrounds it, are portrayed as subsisting at the edge between wilderness and civilization.
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