funded

past tense of fund

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of funded Now estimated to cost $300 million, the work is being funded by private, tax-deductible donations routed through the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall. Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 But the agency cautions WIC is not yet funded for fiscal year 2026 and shutdown impacts could be coming. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025 While private cemeteries place some of their sales revenue in an endowment for future expenses, public cemeteries are funded through a share of local taxes, managed by either a city or a special district. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025 The $250 million behemoth is set to host 999 people and is said to have been funded entirely with private donations. Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 The White House has defended the project, noting that it is being privately funded and that many presidents of the past have made alterations. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025 Motor vehicle departments, which are state-run agencies, are largely funded through state budgets and supplemented by fees charged to drivers. Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 The nearly $50 million grant given Monday for the construction and development of the facility was funded by the Minnesota Forward Fund, which facilitates private investment that supports business attraction and expansion in existing and new industries in Minnesota. Mars King, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025 Caravel’s biotechnology is rooted in research originally funded by the Department of Energy and conducted by Nicks at Tufts University. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funded
Verb
  • Stuckmann is a movie reviewer and personality on YouTube with more than 2 million subscribers who worked on getting the film made for years and financed it through a Kickstarter campaign.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The old-school business models used to support this sort of antagonistic reporting because the papers were subsidized by classified ads and lifestyle coverage.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the revolution will not be subsidized.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • James said the law and court precedent don’t support Sanders’ arguments, stating the authority the governor is asserting has been endowed on her office through laws passed by the General Assembly, so that power could never be absolute like the governor claimed.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This week Vilnius City Council has just greenlit the launch of the the first city fund in the country, the Vilnius Film Fund, endowed with a €100,000 ($116,700) budget.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Funded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funded. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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