funded

past tense of fund

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of funded It's funded more than 223 research projects and community grants worldwide. Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 1 July 2026 The outlet later reported that the company told team members payroll had been funded for the July 1, 2026 pay date. Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 After stepping back from royal duties in 2020, Harry's security was downgraded and he is no longer entitled to tax-payer funded security. Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 July 2026 The state government funded Medicaid reimbursements that the federal government stopped — something that Planned Parenthood says happened in some form in 14 states. Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 The state government funded Medicaid reimbursements that the federal government stopped — something that Planned Parenthood says happened in some form in 14 states. ABC News, 6 July 2026 The project was funded through a combination of state and regional funding sources that support regional park systems, including from the Metropolitan Council and the state of Minnesota. Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026 The tech and retail giant has reserved 38 launches on Vulcan rockets and funded the construction of a dedicated new rocket assembly hangar at Cape Canaveral to support the ramp-up of Vulcan’s launch cadence. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 Even Realities has largely been funded by Chinese-origin venture firms including CDH Investments, Monolith Management and CVC Capital, and raised an undisclosed sum from Unicorn Capital Partners and Cyanhill Capital in January. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funded
Verb
  • Madonna's first trip to London in 1982, with her friend, dancer Martin Burgoyne, was financed by their bartending jobs at New York's East Village bar Lucky Strike.
    Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • While admission is free, the event has a roughly €2 million production budget and is financed entirely through sponsors rather than ticket sales.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Childcare is subsidized, and extensive public transportation makes commuting affordable without requiring multiple vehicles.
    Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • The biggest portion — $525 million — subsidized the operations of nonprofit service providers that hold city and county contracts to deliver services directly to homeless people.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • But the bureaucracy in question was overwhelmingly the customs service, which Britain had expanded and endowed with new enforcement powers during the decade-long run-up to the Revolution.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Libraries were endowed by industrial fortunes and the robber barons.
    The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

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“Funded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funded. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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