funded

past tense of fund

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of funded Training must continue, maintenance must be funded, and leadership must remain accountable, regardless of financial pressures. — Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Henderson has largely self-funded his campaign, raising roughly $750,000 since last fall while touting himself as an outsider. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Rocket Mortgage, for example, offers a 3-2-1 buydown that can be funded by the seller. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026 More than a decade of woes What’s uniquely challenging about Miramar is that under state law it is designated for a charter school because school bonds set aside for charters funded most of its construction. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Bangladesh is an emerging hub for global scam operations, according to a report last month by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that was funded by the European Union. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Forward Majority’s ask for a final $2-5 million to avoid being outspent came after Republican donors to the party’s other PACs funded the key GOP state legislative campaigns. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Patterson noted that lawmakers had fully funded the education formula in six of his eight years in the Legislature. — Jack Harvel october 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 His salary and benefits are funded through the city’s general fund. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funded
Verb
  • He’s seized on the attorney general’s abundant out-of-state travel — for official business, Ford says — to portray him as a high-flier beholden to the special interests that financed his jaunts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • According to the plan, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget, and not from regular fees from individuals, households or businesses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • How many people lost health care Hamilton criticized cuts to premium tax credits that subsidized insurance on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Except now, under this program, white flight is not a problem to be solved but an outcome to be embraced and even subsidized through the federal tax code.
    — Denise Forte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Senna holds an immortal presence in modern Formula 1 for the manner of his racing—ferocious, endowed with grace—and for his untimely death.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Funded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funded. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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