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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
You get defined, subsidized upside, and a meaningful buffer on the downside, and a trade that works with the dynamics of the options market, not against it.
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Provincetown is not eligible for Essential Air Service (EAS), a federal program that subsidizes flights in more than 170 communities nationwide, because the town is considered too close to Logan Airport in Boston and a different Cape Cod airport, in Hyannis, Massachusetts, to qualify.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 May 2026
Since December 2025, the city has subsidized approximately $33,846 in fees to support film activity and production, Warner said.
—Judith Martin-Straw, Variety, 12 May 2026
Admittedly, in media professions subsidized by corporate interests, adequate economic incentive may not exist to challenge business actions or government policies that are environmentally unsustainable or enable the use or exploitation of animals or nature for profit.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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Michael Khouw, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Provincetown is not eligible for Essential Air Service (EAS), a federal program that subsidizes flights in more than 170 communities nationwide, because the town is considered too close to Logan Airport in Boston and a different Cape Cod airport, in Hyannis, Massachusetts, to qualify.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 May 2026
Since December 2025, the city has subsidized approximately $33,846 in fees to support film activity and production, Warner said.
—Judith Martin-Straw, Variety, 12 May 2026
Admittedly, in media professions subsidized by corporate interests, adequate economic incentive may not exist to challenge business actions or government policies that are environmentally unsustainable or enable the use or exploitation of animals or nature for profit.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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Standing in attendance, like doctors in a teaching hospital, was a team of conservators funded by Save Venice, an American organization that works with local experts and authorities to preserve Venice’s artistic heritage.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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The fund was passed by the legislature last fall in response to federal funding cuts that had resulted in food programs like SNAP, WIC and other programs that aided low-income Americans not being funded.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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The all-day festival was financed in part by federal funds.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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Del Toro’s dark, ravishing fantasy set in Francoist Spain — which had taken years to finance and produce, endured a brutal production and emerged from post barely in time — was the last film to screen in competition at that year’s festival.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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