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Recent Examples of fund
Noun
The new version would extend the start date for those cuts and establish a $25 billion fund to aid rural hospitals and providers. Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025 The Senate Finance Committee floated a $15 billion fund on Wednesday that was swiftly rejected by centrist members of the conference. David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Verb
Home Depot took on debt to fund last year's acquisition of SRS, and accordingly, the company paused stock buybacks to make paying down debt a higher priority. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 30 June 2025 The budget also fully funds the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant, sparing districts from cuts. Question & Answer, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fund
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fund
Noun
  • That means defense budgets, cybersecurity mandates, industrial reshoring incentives like the CHIPS Act, and energy independence policies now have market-moving implications.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • But the current version of the state budget has no money for that program.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • One recent project developed navigation solutions for the West Bank, while another focused on connecting trauma survivors with healing resources.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • These rival entities, designed to drain their counterparts of resources and influence, would serve as platforms for grandstanding rather than substantive cooperation.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Advertisement Cuomo has pledged to increase the housing supply, in part by identifying public land that could be redeveloped, and pass rent-stabilization laws.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 June 2025
  • While the nation’s food supply faces all sorts of threats, from diseases to tariffs to climate change, we are now faced with what can happen when the food supply is attacked by hackers, and not by directly targeting stores’ systems.
    Louis Biscotti, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The biggest chain in the U.S. and globally entered Covid with a hefty debt load that was a stinging liability given the need to finance it even as theaters shut down and the box office slumped.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 July 2025
  • Costner spent $38 million of his own money to finance Horizon, per Variety, alongside two unnamed private investors.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Located near a low-income and subsidized housing owned and operated by Carabetta, the new development also could be housing, potentially a mix of market-rate and affordable.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • In Miami-Dade, the freeze doesn’t impact the thousands of people currently relying on existing Section 8 vouchers to subsidize rent.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Merriman, there are IAC deposits in nearby countries, including Malaysia and Laos, where some projects have been set up with Chinese involvement.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025
  • The next step is to use a secure payment method, like a credit card, debit card or several other options, to make an initial deposit.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Automated demand forecasting can ensure timely inventory replenishment, avoiding shortages and waste.
    Siamak Baharloo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • However, if firms need to absorb some of the cost to keep customers, Bowley said, reducing inventories, operations, or headcount are other potential options.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • What people have not always had is either the awareness or deep enough pockets, which means FIFA should reduce prices and fill these stadiums.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The pull-on pants feature a comfy elastic waistband and functional front and back pockets.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2025

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