subsidizing

verb

present participle of subsidize
1
as in funding
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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2
as in financing
to provide money for housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government

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Recent Examples of subsidizing 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 The city can provide predictable rules, efficient permitting, infrastructure planning, beautification and active business recruitment without subsidizing private projects that lack a clear and measurable public benefit. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 These cost more, but healthy people stop subsidizing everyone else, and everyone gets a product that fits. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 How about subsidizing our next freshman class and bringing the cost down to $50K? — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Digital tools have made pure execution nearly free, so firms that still price advice as a percentage of assets are subsidizing convenience with margin. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Supporters say the federal government should not be subsidizing educational programs that don’t give their graduates financial independence. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026 Earlier this month, OpenAI pledged $1 billion toward subsidizing training and access to new models that are supposed to help defend critical infrastructure. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidizing
  1. funding
  2. financing
  3. establishing
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • The first flight will be a milestone in establishing how the design performs beyond the development environment.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • There is overwhelming support among Jewish Israelis for establishing a state commission to investigate the events of October 7th, and for imposing the draft on the ultra-Orthodox.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
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“Subsidizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidizing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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