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as in funding
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as in capital
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as in subsidizing
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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as in establishing
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 financing
Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Candidates who qualify for the city’s public financing program can receive matching funds to amplify small-dollar donations.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
While the construction cost is estimated at about $268 million, financing over 30 years would bring the total cost to nearly $725 million.
—Ted Scouten, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Many other home equity financing companies offer evening and weekend hours.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Candidates who qualify for the city’s public financing program can receive matching funds to amplify small-dollar donations.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
Anton is fully financing the film and representing international rights.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
While the construction cost is estimated at about $268 million, financing over 30 years would bring the total cost to nearly $725 million.
—Ted Scouten, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for financing
Noun
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The team said the makeup of its contribution will be addressed in a later development and funding agreement.—
Nina Moske,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The indictment alleges that after the NIH terminated a bat coronavirus grant to EcoHealth Alliance, Morens and co-conspirators pledged to help restore the grant and used back-channel communications to influence NIH funding decisions while deliberately avoiding transparency requirements.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The insurgents, who operate at ease, crossing borders and dominating much of the countryside in Mali and Burkina Faso, now feel emboldened to target capital cities.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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And the cost for the pool’s ongoing repairs have delayed the Park District’s ability to do many other capital projects in the parks.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rally also highlighted concerns over Duke’s profits, executive compensation, data center growth, coal and gas investments, and whether residential customers are subsidizing industrial energy use.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, for example, are trying to shield the public by cutting fuel taxes, subsidizing diesel and cooking fuel, and capping bread and electricity prices.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
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Exxon and Venezuela had a major legal battle after Maduro’s predecessor, the late President Hugo Chavez, confiscated the company’s assets in the South American country.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her legal, political and administrative skills have proven to be assets in her new job.—
East Bay Times editorial,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This investment will not only expand educational opportunities for generations of students but also bolster a pooled endowment fund for all 37 of our member institutions.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Botstein did not mention Epstein by name in his retirement announcement, which touted his role in Bard’s $1 billion endowment campaign, which was completed in January.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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During the pandemic, the Fed launched massive bond-buying programs, cut rates to zero, and promised to keep them there, flooding the economy with cash and stoking inflation.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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The airline ran out of cash, failed to secure a $500 million federal bailout, and felt the pressure of surging fuel prices.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Vato’s tiny storefront is austere and modern, an aesthetic that extends to the burritos themselves, which are long, lithe roll-ups with a sort of gamine appeal, svelte as a Virginia Slim.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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First will be a SpaceX cargo Dragon on the CRS-35 mission with another 7,200 pounds of payload including roll-out solar arrays for the station.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Financing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financing. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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