SUBSIDIZED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

subsidized

verb

Definition of subsidized

past tense of subsidize

as in funded

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 financed

to provide money for housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government

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defunded

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Recent Examples of subsidized Yarger said the only way to find a place to live for $250 monthly is subsidized housing. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 The two district sources did not disclose what entity allegedly paid for or subsidized the Denver trip. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 The company meets supply needs for a Nigerian market that no longer depends on refined fuel imports that were subsidized by the government. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 12 June 2026 But his formal education was supplemented, and subsidized, by tech companies. — Max Norman, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 Until recently, labs like OpenAI and Anthropic subsidized their customers’ use of AI in order to hook them on the service. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 10 June 2026 The biggest portion — $525 million — subsidized the operations of nonprofit service providers that hold city and county contracts to deliver services directly to homeless people. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Clients unknowingly subsidized this apprenticeship. — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Childcare is subsidized, and extensive public transportation makes commuting affordable without requiring multiple vehicles. — Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidized

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It's funded more than 223 research projects and community grants worldwide.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Part of the effort was to subsidize its community rentals, which were funded by grants that are now gone.

— Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of funded

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Madonna's first trip to London in 1982, with her friend, dancer Martin Burgoyne, was financed by their bartending jobs at New York's East Village bar Lucky Strike.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
While admission is free, the event has a roughly €2 million production budget and is financed entirely through sponsors rather than ticket sales.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 July 2026

Definition of financed

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But the bureaucracy in question was overwhelmingly the customs service, which Britain had expanded and endowed with new enforcement powers during the decade-long run-up to the Revolution.

— Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Libraries were endowed by industrial fortunes and the robber barons.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

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