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as in financing
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 subsidizing
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 funding
Andrew Stasiowski, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
When the reports surfaced that the Saudis were cutting off LIV’s funding, the league was playing a tournament in Mexico City.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The lottery will also assign waitlist positions to the remaining students in tier 2 and below if a student declines the funding.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
And his insistence on cutting funding for pretty much everything that creates and sustains a civilization — including the arts and sciences, the humanities and health care, the environment and education — doesn’t bode well for our nascent nation.
—Melody Moezzi, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
The company needs access to existing cash or new funding in the next few days to continue operations, said Marshall Huebner of Davis Polk, the airline's lawyer.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Lacing all of those issues is the fact that the city’s role in the project — a funding package worth up to $600 million — still has to return to city officials for final approval.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
The legislation lays the groundwork for roughly $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026
Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
—Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
After the project stalled in 2014, Epstein heightened his communication with Gates and his deputies, seemingly trying to pressure the billionaire into supporting the fund and compensating him for funding Antonova’s schooling and housing.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Republicans cleared a key hurdle toward fully funding DHS − while also directing more money to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, both top priorities for Republicans.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Some former critics, believing that local news was too important to disappear, began to rethink their aversion toward publicly funding journalism in the United States.
—Corey Hutchins, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
A lot of lenders require at least one paystub on the new job before funding a mortgage.
—Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Commissioner Joshua Wostal, an outspoken opponent of the deal as currently structured, presented the possibility of funding the stadium with only tourist tax dollars.
—Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
The creators have reinvested their returns into funding the studio and hiring additional talent, enabling them to prioritize connecting with their community.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The program was supercharged by funding from the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, and up until then, when some congressional Republicans began to question the grant structure of the program, was largely supported by both parties.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
The Highway Trust Fund — the primary federal account dedicated to funding highways, bridges and transit — is going broke.
—Andrew Stasiowski, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
When the reports surfaced that the Saudis were cutting off LIV’s funding, the league was playing a tournament in Mexico City.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The lottery will also assign waitlist positions to the remaining students in tier 2 and below if a student declines the funding.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
And his insistence on cutting funding for pretty much everything that creates and sustains a civilization — including the arts and sciences, the humanities and health care, the environment and education — doesn’t bode well for our nascent nation.
—Melody Moezzi, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
The company needs access to existing cash or new funding in the next few days to continue operations, said Marshall Huebner of Davis Polk, the airline's lawyer.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Lacing all of those issues is the fact that the city’s role in the project — a funding package worth up to $600 million — still has to return to city officials for final approval.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
The legislation lays the groundwork for roughly $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 23 Apr. 2026
Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
—Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
The Trust for the National Mall, the nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, is funding the beekeeping program's expansion.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
After the project stalled in 2014, Epstein heightened his communication with Gates and his deputies, seemingly trying to pressure the billionaire into supporting the fund and compensating him for funding Antonova’s schooling and housing.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Republicans cleared a key hurdle toward fully funding DHS − while also directing more money to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, both top priorities for Republicans.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Some former critics, believing that local news was too important to disappear, began to rethink their aversion toward publicly funding journalism in the United States.
—Corey Hutchins, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
A lot of lenders require at least one paystub on the new job before funding a mortgage.
—Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Commissioner Joshua Wostal, an outspoken opponent of the deal as currently structured, presented the possibility of funding the stadium with only tourist tax dollars.
—Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
The creators have reinvested their returns into funding the studio and hiring additional talent, enabling them to prioritize connecting with their community.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The program was supercharged by funding from the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, and up until then, when some congressional Republicans began to question the grant structure of the program, was largely supported by both parties.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funding
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Who’s financing Meta’s massive AI data center?—
Wailin Wong,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2026
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Furst ultimately sold Vestron to LIVE Entertainment after financing constraints forced the company into bankruptcy.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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If World Cup fans paid that price, Kolluri said, the average commuter would end up subsidizing 92% of the World Cup service.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The plan would lock El Cerrito into a 99-year lease at a BART Plaza housing development, effectively subsidizing a developer by building out space the city may not need — in a development whose financing depends on conditions that no longer resemble the environment in which this plan was conceived.—
James Porter,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, dozens of small colleges with small endowments, like Hampshire, cannot keep up.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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The museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is privately operated by a corporation of just under 1,000 benefactors who have an endowment of over $2 billion.—
Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
16 Apr. 2026
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Prize money, appearance fees, sponsorship money were all prohibited.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Story goes that the original sponsorship deal came about because Apple founder Steve Jobs was a Porsche fan, and, in the late ’70s, took his 356 to Bob Garretson’s repair shop in Mountain View, California—a short trip from Cupertino, the town Apple is famously headquartered in.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Funding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funding. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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