financed

past tense of finance

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Recent Examples of financed Movies developed and financed outside of the major studios and streamers have a massive hill to climb. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Paramount is distributing the film, which was made and financed by Hammerstone. Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 If approved and financed, the first ReFirm project is expected to put Sweden on a path toward its first new nuclear generation in decades, with the first BWRX-300 unit targeted for operation in the mid-2030s. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 Many were financed on assumptions that capital would remain plentiful and inexpensive. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Only the Kansas City Current have their own stadium, financed by co-owners Angie and Chris Long, as well as Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 The cohort driving the current wave was largely bought between 2018 and 2022, often at peak multiples, financed with cheap, pre-rate-hike debt. Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Similar to the situation in the 1920s, these deficits financed the reconstruction of postwar economies as resources poured into infrastructure and manufacturing. Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 Investigators were still tracing financial records to determine whether companies financed or ordered the land clearing, signaling the probe could expand beyond those arrested. ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financed
Verb
  • Analysts argued that the potential benefits from this year's acquisition spree, which was funded by Lilly's GLP-1 windfall, are being underestimated by the market.
    Jeff Marks,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Peter Hall’s fellowship at Scientific American is funded by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
    Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters.
    Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Beyond Medicaid, about three-quarters of school lunches are now fully or partially subsidized.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Barrera has long subsidized his school board pay — a stipend of about $20,000 a year plus health benefits — with outside union work.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Financed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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