subsidized

Definition of subsidizednext
past tense of subsidize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of subsidized Firms invest more to produce more to export more at lower or negative margins, subsidized by local governments whose own fiscal health depends on the factories’ staying open. Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 In the 80s and 90s, even major teams had often been run on razor-thin margins (and were subsidized by owners). Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 July 2026 For decades, China has heavily subsidized its pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. Paul Friedrichs, STAT, 30 July 2026 Health insurer Centene’s net income eclipsed $1 billion in the second quarter as the company is getting a better handle on rising costs of people in its commercial and government-subsidized health plans. Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 From 2015 to 2021, the Ecuadorian government subsidized 750,000 households – one-tenth of all households in the country – to replace their gas stoves with electric induction stoves. Ashwini Sehgal, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 Nissan offered a $199 2G‑to‑3G TCU upgrade, which was partially subsidized by the manufacturer, for many 2011–2014 Leaf models but then offered the same upgrade to 2015 Leaf owners for free. Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026 Do the residents there realize their counties are subsidized by Cook County and the collar counties? Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 For instance, public funds subsidized 99% of all private school students in Iowa this past school year, the third year the program was available. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidized
Verb
  • This budget will also have to determine long-term solutions for positions that are grant-funded, particularly in law enforcement.
    Sofi Zeman August 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The organizations, including MoveUp Southeast Michigan, MoveUp LA, and MoveUp Washington, will operate on their own but stay funded by the Ballmers.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The financing There’s been very little disclosed about how this deal is being financed.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Seeing an old bulky PC with a PC-DOS command line OS takes those of us of a certain age back to the heady days when computers were exciting and new, even though they had not yet been endowed with the eerie cognitive powers of LLMs.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

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“Subsidized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidized. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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