1
as in funded
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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2
as in endowed
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college
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Recent Examples of financed
Known for titles like Anyone But You, Crazy Rich Asians, Hell or High Water and The Place Beyond the Pines, SK Global has produced and financed over 100 features, dating back to its origins as Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Season 2 was financed with the assistance of Screen NSW, through the Made in NSW Fund.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The film will be fully financed by Suraj Maraboyina’s 131 Pictures, with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-representing the film’s worldwide distribution rights.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
The film will be fully financed by Suraj Maraboyina’s 131 Pictures with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-representing the film’s worldwide distribution rights.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
Other states have since set up funds of their own, sometimes financed by oil revenue, for a variety of purposes.
—Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
Wall Street investors regularly financed slaving expeditions, and bribery of customs officers and juries was rife.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
If early SWFs were financed by commodity wealth, almost half the capital of SWFs today comes from other sources, including foreign exchange reserves, issued securities, and budget surpluses.
—Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
It was funded and financed independently, with a breakout performance by Tonatiuh and a defining performance by Jennifer Lopez.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Season 2 was financed with the assistance of Screen NSW, through the Made in NSW Fund.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025
The film will be fully financed by Suraj Maraboyina’s 131 Pictures, with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-representing the film’s worldwide distribution rights.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
The film will be fully financed by Suraj Maraboyina’s 131 Pictures with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-representing the film’s worldwide distribution rights.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025
Other states have since set up funds of their own, sometimes financed by oil revenue, for a variety of purposes.
—Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
Wall Street investors regularly financed slaving expeditions, and bribery of customs officers and juries was rife.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
If early SWFs were financed by commodity wealth, almost half the capital of SWFs today comes from other sources, including foreign exchange reserves, issued securities, and budget surpluses.
—Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
It was funded and financed independently, with a breakout performance by Tonatiuh and a defining performance by Jennifer Lopez.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financed
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Reader’s Digest subsidized the cost of consultations for employees, under a benefits policy that covered self-improvement.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2024
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The vast majority of Singaporeans live in affordable public housing that's subsidized by the government, and the food scene revolves around hawker centers, or food courts with cheap eats and community seating that's so ingrained in the culture, it's recognized and protected by UNESCO.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2024
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Roughly the size of Western Europe, the war-riven country is endowed with vast mineral wealth, including the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and coltan – both critical to the production of electronics.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Polsky previously endowed the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and sits on the university’s board.—
Karina Atkins,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Financed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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