1
as in to fund
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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2
as in to establish
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college
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Recent Examples of finance
That means the industry will need to take more responsibility for building or financing new power generation in Illinois to serve its needs.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Launch capacity will need to be financed.
—Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Sony Pictures will finance and distribute all four films worldwide with full theatrical windows in April 2028.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 12 June 2026
To an American observer, this recent NAO report makes living in a Crown Estate property seem like getting an extremely low-interest loan to finance renovations of a historic property.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Launch capacity will need to be financed.
—Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Sony Pictures will finance and distribute all four films worldwide with full theatrical windows in April 2028.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 12 June 2026
To an American observer, this recent NAO report makes living in a Crown Estate property seem like getting an extremely low-interest loan to finance renovations of a historic property.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
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But the shortages were evident during an April reporting trip by NPR, and the State Department did not respond to multiple requests for additional details on what that $23 million is funding.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
13 June 2026
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Caught in the middle are Senate Republicans, who had to spend months to fund border enforcement agencies and are now navigating the dispute over FISA, even after lawmakers reached a bipartisan compromise.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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If healthier people drop out of the risk pool, fewer people subsidize the people who get sick, Gidwani said.—
Andrew Jones,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The group is concerned that a stadium supported by taxpayer dollars is subsidizing the performances of the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.—
Sophia Mandt,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
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“Finance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finance. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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