defunding

present participle of defund

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  • News of Washington receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom first surfaced in 2022, with Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles also listed as an honoree at the time.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For example, a student may depend more heavily on the bus to get to school—as opposed to having a parent who can drive them or receiving a car on their 16th birthday.
    Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Defunding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defunding. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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