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Recent Examples of defund
On Israel, which fringes on both the Left and the Right have increasingly abandoned, Gallego questioned those who want to defund defensive support to the Middle Eastern nation.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Democrats have voted to defund DHS seven times, triggering airport chaos and undermining TSA operations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Those schools, in turn, can now defund programs based on low numbers.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Democrats have voted to defund DHS seven times, triggering airport chaos and undermining TSA operations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Those schools, in turn, can now defund programs based on low numbers.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defund
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Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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It’s rooted in broader efforts to limit the education students receive about their Black history and the ways in which governments have limited how educators talk about the facts around Jim Crow, slavery and systemic inequality.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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Many Cubans were subsisting, and working in industries outright owned by Americans.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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