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
Southeast Asia has seen a proliferation of high-speed rail, mostly China-financed, but projects in Indonesia and Laos are expensive and behind schedule.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Topic Studios also financed the film as well as produced with Stay Gold as co-financier.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Tibor Navracsis, the regional development minister, told Hungary’s parliament last year that the EU had financed 52,000 projects in the country during the 2014-2020 budget period.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
So while the area would benefit from the Bears, many residents resent that a new football stadium would be financed in part with a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Orbán began siphoning public contracts, largely financed by the European Union, into companies owned by loyalists.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Vendôme Pictures produced and financed the movie, which also stars Laura Harrier, Sylvia Hoeks and Greg Tarzan Davis.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
The project, which is not directly affiliated with the Navy, will be privately financed.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Topic Studios also financed the film as well as produced with Stay Gold as co-financier.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Social Security is financed by a payroll tax paid for by employers and employees.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Tibor Navracsis, the regional development minister, told Hungary’s parliament last year that the EU had financed 52,000 projects in the country during the 2014-2020 budget period.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
So while the area would benefit from the Bears, many residents resent that a new football stadium would be financed in part with a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Orbán began siphoning public contracts, largely financed by the European Union, into companies owned by loyalists.
—Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Vendôme Pictures produced and financed the movie, which also stars Laura Harrier, Sylvia Hoeks and Greg Tarzan Davis.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
The project, which is not directly affiliated with the Navy, will be privately financed.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financed
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The total includes some positions were on the books but not actually funded during the 2025-26 school year, a district document states.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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The ads — funded by the Electronic Payments Coalition of banks, credit unions and card companies — argue that Illinois lawmakers must repeal the state's first-in-the-nation Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, slated to take effect July 1.—
Jerry Nowicki,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Tommy Caldwell appears to be endowed with this quirk of courage.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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The winner will receive £30,000, anonymously endowed, along with a statuette known as the ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the late artist Grizel Niven.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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For more than a century, general fund dollars — paid by all taxpayers — subsidized trash collection for single-family homes, while many other residents paid additional fees for their own private services.—
Kent Lee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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If your loans are subsidized, the government will pay the interest on your loans during that period, Kantrowitz said.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Financed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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