funding 1 of 2

noun

as in subsidy

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funding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fund
1
as in financing
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater

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2
as in subsidizing
to provide money for Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever

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Recent Examples of funding
Noun
The Premier Lacrosse League just closed a $100 million funding round. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Colorado’s entire bipartisan congressional delegation has criticized the holdup of this funding in the midst of this year’s drought. — Kelly Fleming, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Much of the funding for HIV prevention was restored, but healthcare advocates say the initial cuts could have lasting effects on research. — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026 One hundred years later, the country was awash with federal, state, city and philanthropic funding for a music-happy bicentennial of exceptional ambition. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Now, with the federal and state government yanking back plenty of that funding and directly barring the city from enacting some of its more aggressive climate plans, Higgins is left with a narrow road to tread toward progress. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Since May, Assemblymember Lee and Senator Scott Wiener have pushed to secure an additional $100 million in funding for CalFresh and Fruit and Vegetable EBT for fiscal year 2026-27. — Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Verb
Venture capital spent years funding the furniture. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 During the June 23 meeting, residents urged city officials to keep funding the team to prevent future tragedies. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Cuts to funding for people with disabilities, rising tuition costs and slashed teacher salaries would all be on the table, said Fogle, a Springfield Democrat. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 The only limitation to implementing produce market pop-ups or deliveries in Baltimore is funding. — Regina Harmon, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026 The report accuses the group of funding its programming through opaque and questionable avenues, including soliciting foreign funds, misleading donors and selling access to the president. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026 The things that have made our economy the best, most dynamic, most resilient, most amazing in the world is actually private capital funding private enterprise with limited interference from government. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 25 June 2026 Meanwhile, according to the outlet, taxpayers will be funding the ballroom's security, potentially to the tune of $397 million, via the Secret Service budget. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 More Freedom 250 controversy Freedom 250 has been the focus of other controversy over funding transparency and religious representations. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funding
  1. subsidy
  2. financing
  3. subsidizing
  4. endowment
  5. sponsorship
Noun
  • Health policy experts said the drop-off is the clearest sign yet that the lapse of federal subsidies for ACA premiums is making insurance too expensive for many Americans, leading many households to drop their coverage.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Unlike their American counterparts, Chinese firms often benefit from subsidies, tax incentives, access to launch facilities, and investments from provincial governments.
    — Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of subsidy
Verb
  • ByteDance began hiring for 100 open roles, signed multiple independent filmmakers and artists and held private conversations about financing AI films.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Leading automakers integrate accessories into the vehicle's engineering, installing them at the port and financing them with the car.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of financing
Verb
  • That’s because Medicare, rather than the Part D insurer, is subsidizing the prescription.
    — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Mark Cohen observed that law firms have long depended upon clients subsidizing the development of young lawyers through billable work and that AI challenges both the economics and developmental logic of that arrangement.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of subsidizing
Noun
  • Kinshasa hopes the bourse, which will list securities in both the local currency and the US dollar, will tap into global interest in its mineral endowments.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • The legislature approved a $50 million operations endowment, requiring library planners to raise $100 million in private donations, a goal met in 2020.
    — Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of endowment
Noun
  • The brands seeing the strongest returns are not treating Formula 1 as a static sponsorship exercise.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Roth, 48, is the CEO and founder of Silent Partner Advisory, which supports cultural organizations through strategy, business development and corporate sponsorships.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of sponsorship

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