DEFUNDED Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

defunded

verb

past tense of defund

as in received

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Last January, Badelle received an additional sentence of two years and eight months for manufacturing a deadly weapon by a prisoner, the CDCR said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
And the jeers that White received from the home crowd at the end of pregame introductions might have spurred energy from the Fever players before and after the tilt.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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