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
Rendezvous will use the funding to advance its spacecraft designs and prepare for flight demonstrations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 There are some who will argue that the US government is putting sufficient resources towards AI development — even if that funding isn’t focused on safety and security. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026 City leaders, for example, might make a case to their legislators for remediation funding or cleanup funding included in the MPCA's budget. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Years of deferred maintenance and funding fights led to a disastrous series of train delays and track fires in 2017 that came to be known as the Summer of Hell. — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 This funding increase, which was a fourfold jump over previous levels, supported childcare staff with higher wages and allowed for other investments to improve the quality of care. — Caitlyn Collins, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 The divergent positions have intensified tensions between the retailer and its landlord, leaving the funding of Cottendin’s recovery plan uncertain. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 Head Gear majors in independent film, TV and games finance, including government incentives, presales, gap and bridge funding, as well as executive production and packaging. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026 As of Friday, Jones was up to nearly $15 million in self-funding. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
In Ohio, America PAC is funding ads, text and phone outreach among other measures helping Republican Jon Husted against Democrat Sherrod Brown, according to FEC filings. — Luke Fountain,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Although supporters say the fear that billionaires will flee the state are overblown, the ultrawealthy have made moves to potentially avoid paying the tax or are funding campaigns to defeat it. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 On Jathar’s first visit, those organizational talking points included advocating for funding smart grids, authorizing Department of Energy research, and investing in STEM education. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 This source said that the Emiratis believed that the program’s status as a charity made its international transactions less likely to be scrutinized and therefore served as a useful cover for funding MBZ and his brother’s secret wars. — Matthew Cole, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 So far, only two phases of the repair plan are complete, and there's an issue with funding the remaining four phases of the project. — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Like any investment, the General Assembly should carefully weigh the costs and benefits of funding a stadium. — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 Identifying important emerging technologies and consistently funding them is essential to maintaining a lead in space. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funding
  1. subsidy
  2. financing
  3. subsidizing
  4. endowment
  5. sponsorship
Noun
  • Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Tesla has its own stakes in Washington, where Congress and federal agencies can reshape electric-vehicle tax breaks, battery subsidies, autonomous-vehicle rules and trade policy affecting Chinese competitors.
    — Luke Fountain,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidy
Verb
  • Meta told Fortune the new stock is mainly about financing its AI spending.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Youssef is directing from his own script, with his Cairo Cowboy producing alongside Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Central; Christopher Storer and Tyson Bidner for American Light & Fixture; and A24, which is financing the project.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of financing
Verb
  • In other words, taxpayers are subsidizing the payroll beneath a dynastic fortune.
    — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For now, the leading AI companies can stay afloat by attracting huge investment (OpenAI and Anthropic), or subsidizing their AI operations with their traditional revenue streams (Google and Meta).
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of subsidizing
Noun
  • In an onstage conversation with the endowment’s CEO, Damon Wilson, Díaz-Balart said Americans can take for granted freedoms other societies have lost.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The new strategic direction comes less than one year into Ford Foundation President Heather Gerken's tenure at the helm of the social justice funder's $18 billion endowment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of endowment
Noun
  • The challenge, of course, is that the number of sponsorships available hinges on Netflix’ programming slate.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The sponsorship was intended to raise awareness of Yum among potential investors who recognized KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, but might not be aware of the parent company.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
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“Funding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funding. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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