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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
According to the nonprofit’s child care desert dashboard, Tarrant County has 60 ZIP codes considered to be subsidized child care deserts.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
Subsidy impact Beijing’s trade-in program to subsidize certain consumer products such as consumer electronics helped boost sales.
—Bernice Ooi, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Now that the City Council has done its part to get an All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, approving a measure to provide city and state funding to help subsidize the Chicago Cubs’ plan to install security bollards around the ballpark, the ball is in the hands of Major League Baseball.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Petersen said the second proposal would give voters a direct say in major hotel and event center projects subsidized by the city, as well as those that could take up valuable real estate that otherwise could be used to develop housing.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
Subsidy impact Beijing’s trade-in program to subsidize certain consumer products such as consumer electronics helped boost sales.
—Bernice Ooi, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Now that the City Council has done its part to get an All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, approving a measure to provide city and state funding to help subsidize the Chicago Cubs’ plan to install security bollards around the ballpark, the ball is in the hands of Major League Baseball.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Petersen said the second proposal would give voters a direct say in major hotel and event center projects subsidized by the city, as well as those that could take up valuable real estate that otherwise could be used to develop housing.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
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Among the chaos is Rupert Friend, playing Martin Krebs, who's assembling a group to take to the scene of the devastation in hopes of extracting DNA from the creatures roaming the island to fund his next medical breakthrough.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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But is that true? To fund ideas such as free buses and childcare, Mamdani has proposed adding a 2% tax on New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year, which his campaign suggests would raise $4 billion annually.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Costner spent $38 million of his own money to finance Horizon, per Variety, alongside two unnamed private investors.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The biggest chain in the U.S. and globally entered Covid with a hefty debt load that was a stinging liability given the need to finance it even as theaters shut down and the box office slumped.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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