grants-in-aid

plural of grant-in-aid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grants-in-aid
Noun
  • Attack on vaccines For instance, last month, Kennedy canceled nearly $500 million in grants that supported developing mRNA vaccines to prevent the next pandemic.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The public media funding model was designed as a three-legged stool, with federal funding distributed by CPB, leveraged many times over by state and other grants, and viewer and listener contributions.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The enhanced subsidies simply hide this glaring problem—at outrageous cost to taxpayers.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The analysts said that this was likely driven by Apple's price cut to the model versus the iPhone 16 base, and additional subsidies from the Chinese government.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even when TCUs receive federal appropriations, per-student funding levels lag far behind national averages.
    Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Georgia firebrand, who has been insistent that the United States stay out of affairs abroad, has attempted similar amendments to both the NDAA and appropriations bills in past years and recently, with no success.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Grants-in-aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grants-in-aid. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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