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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 Idaho Child Care Program, which is mostly funded by the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant, subsidizes some child care costs for Idaho’s low-income working families, said Greg Stahl, a spokesperson for the Health and Welfare Department.
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
But others have their own expenses, and cannot be expected to subsidize those who are presumably capable of managing their own lives.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
The congressional funding deal also includes $514 million to subsidize air services to rural communities, known as the Essential Air Service program, rejecting a White House proposal to cut the program by 50%, and boosts annual funding to modernize air traffic control towers by $824 million.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Maryland and other states do not need to endorse nicotine use, subsidize products or weaken youth protections.
—Kevin Bardosh, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
But others have their own expenses, and cannot be expected to subsidize those who are presumably capable of managing their own lives.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
The congressional funding deal also includes $514 million to subsidize air services to rural communities, known as the Essential Air Service program, rejecting a White House proposal to cut the program by 50%, and boosts annual funding to modernize air traffic control towers by $824 million.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
Maryland and other states do not need to endorse nicotine use, subsidize products or weaken youth protections.
—Kevin Bardosh, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026
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The Senate passed a package funding huge chunks of the federal government through September but setting a two-week stopwatch on the expiration of Homeland Security funding.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Speaking out, the chief’s supporters say, risks inviting backlash from the White House and could also affect the long pipeline of federal money the department relies on, for instance, to help fund de-escalation training for officers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The company that financed it, Amazon MGM Studios, still has a long way to go to break even.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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Altman, with his own curiosities about the efficacy of the payments, helped finance a series of experiments on basic universal income from his OpenResearch project, beginning in 2020.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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