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as in to fund
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations
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as in to finance
to provide money for
housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government
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Recent Examples of subsidize
The enterprise subsidizes care for 176,000 Coloradans on Connect for Health Colorado and 6,700 undocumented immigrants on OmniSalud.
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Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 2 May 2026
China has been directly subsidizing its green industries to dominate those in Europe and the US (above and beyond the kinds of consumer-facing incentives that the EU and, until recently, the US, also provide).
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The rally also highlighted concerns over Duke’s profits, executive compensation, data center growth, coal and gas investments, and whether residential customers are subsidizing industrial energy use.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The cost of lunch in these public dining rooms has risen for retirees, who can no longer afford it even though it is subsidized, Acosta said.
—Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
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Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 2 May 2026
China has been directly subsidizing its green industries to dominate those in Europe and the US (above and beyond the kinds of consumer-facing incentives that the EU and, until recently, the US, also provide).
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
The rally also highlighted concerns over Duke’s profits, executive compensation, data center growth, coal and gas investments, and whether residential customers are subsidizing industrial energy use.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The cost of lunch in these public dining rooms has risen for retirees, who can no longer afford it even though it is subsidized, Acosta said.
—Sarah Moreno
updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
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Pay raises for 42,000 employees The budget will also fund controversial pay raises for state employees.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), which investigates complaints about the NHS, determined that a local health body was denying women, but not men, funding for sterilization.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Families are willing to go into debt to finance a surgery if doing so means saving a beloved dog’s life.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Prosecutors have accused him of financing the plot.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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