Thesaurus results for GRANT-IN-AID

grant-in-aid

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Definition of grant-in-aid

as in assistance

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Recent Examples of grant-in-aid That market consists of not only grants-in-aid, but also the opportunity to share in school revenue and sign NIL deals. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Jan. 2026 Starting in 2014, power-conference schools could provide scholarships up to the full cost of attendance beyond the traditional grant-in-aid. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025 That makes the laundering of regulation through subsidies, grants, contracts and state grants-in-aid a major concern. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 The elimination of all initial grants-in-aid and recruiting activities in the sport involved in the latest major violation in question for a two-year period. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024 Up until now, licensing and NIL rights have not been part of the grant-in-aid agreements athletes enter into with universities. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation, with assistance from the FAA.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The doc tells the story of how more than 5,000 American lawyers, judges and legal experts became involved with CEELI, which was a pro bono initiative that provided technical legal assistance to former Soviet Bloc countries.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistance

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Researchers pursuing large grants need help preparing proposals, managing awards, navigating compliance requirements and coordinating with other institutions.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
Researchers Anna Rising and Benjamin Schmuck, who earlier this year received a grant of EUR 200,000 from H&M Foundation, are now working to produce fibers and yarn from protein for textile tests.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of grant

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Mubarak Bekheit, an aid worker in Darfur, told the AP by phone on Wednesday that many people remained missing and some bodies had yet to be recovered from homes in the area after the strike hit a civilian neighborhood.

— YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
In the primary, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee courted Ford for a possible endorsement but ultimately found policy differences with him, Ford said, including his declining to support unconditional military aid to Israel.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of aid

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From arena subsidies and homelessness policy to data centers and affordable housing, candidates across the Sacramento region are making statements that could shape voters’ choices.

— Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
In the 2025 draft report obtained by the Herald, FDOT argued that the state’s EV charging network was flourishing, thanks to private market investments, and didn’t need additional government subsidies.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Noun

Stone landed a $440,000 grant as part of a block grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which is in turn funded by the USDA as part of the Farm Bill.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Both floated other ideas like reforming the child tax credit, which is not a block grant and thus would not have the demand problem that the existing childcare subsidy program already has.

— Helen Huiskes, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2026

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