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Recent Examples of subsidy Most countries around the world provide public school from age 3, and large subsidies for 0 to age 3 early care and education. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Those subsidies, which are due to expire at the end of 2025, lower the cost of Obamacare health insurance plans for more than 20 million Americans. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 Taking a more nuanced view, Secretary Wright has articulated that many wind projects have relied on public subsidies from the Biden era to be completed. Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025 Premium costs will soon explode for many consumers because of the expiration of certain federal subsidies that kept those monthly costs low. NPR, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subsidy
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Noun
  • The states’ lawsuit warned that discontinuing the grant funding would irreparably harm students, leaving many rural and low-income schools without mental health providers or services critical to students’ safety and well-being.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • We’re humbled to support Team Rubicon and World Central Kitchen with an initial grant to help address immediate needs in the community with disaster relief and nourishing meals.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Boozman's remarks to reporters on Tuesday followed the department's recent warning to state agencies about suspending allotments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, citing the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown as the reason.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In Arizona, the BLM manages 770 active grazing permits and leases on 841 allotments, including some public lands with special conservation considerations such as national conservation areas, wilderness areas and national monuments.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This pragmatic project expanded the White House's capacity during a period of global crisis and was funded through wartime appropriations.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Salaries for some federal employees, including the vast majority of those at the Department of Veterans Affairs, do not come out of appropriations that Congress must approve every year.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Subsidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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