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as in financed
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater
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as in subsidized
to provide money for
Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever
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Recent Examples of funded
It's funded more than 223 research projects and community grants worldwide.
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Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Part of the effort was to subsidize its community rentals, which were funded by grants that are now gone.
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Steven Vargas,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The Improving Transparency, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in California Government Act is heavily funded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and would require extensive audits for any state program funded by a proposition.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
The gap between operators who can get funded and operators who cannot has narrowed.
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Benjie Nunn,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
According to the South African government, the PEPFAR funding for South Africa was equivalent to about 17% of its budget for HIV programs, but this didn't include the purchase of antiretroviral drugs, since 90% of this was self-funded and the other 10% funded by the Global Fund.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The memorial’s wall featuring the 98 names will be completed first, and the canopy feature will be completed and funded at a later date, Diaz said.
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Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Additionally, the town maximized the use of revenue from Measure G, a one-eighth cent sales tax passed by voters in 2018, and funneled any leftovers from past capital projects for the Shannon Road Repair Project so that the project could continue to be funded without additional resources.
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Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But the concentration of capital also created a cycle where the same kinds of people in the same places were funded for the same kinds of ideas.
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Steve Case,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Part of the effort was to subsidize its community rentals, which were funded by grants that are now gone.
—
Steven Vargas,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The Improving Transparency, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in California Government Act is heavily funded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and would require extensive audits for any state program funded by a proposition.
—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
The gap between operators who can get funded and operators who cannot has narrowed.
—
Benjie Nunn,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
According to the South African government, the PEPFAR funding for South Africa was equivalent to about 17% of its budget for HIV programs, but this didn't include the purchase of antiretroviral drugs, since 90% of this was self-funded and the other 10% funded by the Global Fund.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
The memorial’s wall featuring the 98 names will be completed first, and the canopy feature will be completed and funded at a later date, Diaz said.
—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Additionally, the town maximized the use of revenue from Measure G, a one-eighth cent sales tax passed by voters in 2018, and funneled any leftovers from past capital projects for the Shannon Road Repair Project so that the project could continue to be funded without additional resources.
—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
But the concentration of capital also created a cycle where the same kinds of people in the same places were funded for the same kinds of ideas.
—
Steve Case,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funded
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According to a plan approved by the government last week, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, instead of fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.
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What this doesn’t tell voters is that these ads are being financed by those in the AI industry who favor sensible regulation of artificial intelligence.
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Under the current initiative, known as the Low-Income Voucher and Equity (LIVE) Program, subsidized one-bedroom rents range from $2,900 to $3,100, while two-bedroom units range from $3,450 to $4,000.
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Clients unknowingly subsidized this apprenticeship.
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Libraries were endowed by industrial fortunes and the robber barons.
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The 1994 tournament also gave birth to Major League Soccer, the largest first-division league in the world, and endowed a foundation that has funded grassroots soccer development for more than a generation.
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“Funded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funded. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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