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
If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
As automobile production transformed Detroit into one of the wealthiest industrial cities in the country, fortunes made in manufacturing financed the construction of grand estates throughout neighborhoods such as Palmer Woods and Boston-Edison.
—Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
The project was financed by SolTerra, a sustainable urban development company that focuses on renewable facilities.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
It's jointly financed by the federal government (65%) and states (35%).
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The ballroom project is being financed by corporate and other private donations, including Comcast, Amazon and Meta.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
The series is mostly financed and now finalizing outstanding international partnerships.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
The pact called for $15 billion in new generation capacity within PJM, to be financed by tech companies, and urged the operator to hold an emergency auction to procure the power.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
As automobile production transformed Detroit into one of the wealthiest industrial cities in the country, fortunes made in manufacturing financed the construction of grand estates throughout neighborhoods such as Palmer Woods and Boston-Edison.
—Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 21 Feb. 2026
Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
The project was financed by SolTerra, a sustainable urban development company that focuses on renewable facilities.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
It's jointly financed by the federal government (65%) and states (35%).
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
The ballroom project is being financed by corporate and other private donations, including Comcast, Amazon and Meta.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
The series is mostly financed and now finalizing outstanding international partnerships.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
The pact called for $15 billion in new generation capacity within PJM, to be financed by tech companies, and urged the operator to hold an emergency auction to procure the power.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financed
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While in the country, Harry and Meghan are also planning to visit several on-the-ground initiatives funded by their Archewell Foundation, including one that arranges for children injured in the Gaza war to be medically evacuated for treatment in Jordan.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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The corporation is currently funded largely via a de facto tax called a license fee, which is required from anyone who watches any form of iPlayer or live TV on any platform or device.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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It is endowed with some of the richest mineral supplies on earth, including some 70 percent of the world’s cobalt, as well as huge reserves of copper and a Mendeleevian constellation of other metals.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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And Salieri seems more of hybrid creature, as though a villain out of Christopher Marlowe had suddenly been endowed with Shakespearean self-awareness.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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The center also runs its own preschools, some of them state-subsidized, and maintains a waitlist for low-income families waiting for subsidized care.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Residents attest to pest infestation, mold and mildew in their units at the 297-unit apartment complex — privately owned but federally subsidized.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Financed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financed. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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