1
as in to fund
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations
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as in to finance
to provide money for
housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government
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Recent Examples of subsidize
For this mixed-income model to work, Castañeda said, the rents for the market-rate units have to be able to permanently subsidize the affordable units.
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
This dependency not only strains U.S. resources but also fosters a culture of complacency among European allies, many of whom have taken to using their freedom and subsidized wealth to fund anti-Western NGOs.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Some of those funds have been used to subsidize electric trucks and chargers.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
And the tool is accused of distorting the free market and subsidizing growth that would have happened anyway.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
This dependency not only strains U.S. resources but also fosters a culture of complacency among European allies, many of whom have taken to using their freedom and subsidized wealth to fund anti-Western NGOs.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Some of those funds have been used to subsidize electric trucks and chargers.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
And the tool is accused of distorting the free market and subsidizing growth that would have happened anyway.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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