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as in to fund
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 to finance
to provide money for
housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government
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Recent Examples of subsidize
The responsibility of county government is to serve taxpayers, not subsidize political activity.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 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
So the first project is to subsidize a borehole right by the school.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 June 2026
Off Campus, adapted from a series of books by the Canadian writer Elle Kennedy, is about a music student named Hannah Wells (Ella Bright) who subsidizes her studies with shift work at the stadium where Garrett is a star player on the college hockey team.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 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
So the first project is to subsidize a borehole right by the school.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 June 2026
Off Campus, adapted from a series of books by the Canadian writer Elle Kennedy, is about a music student named Hannah Wells (Ella Bright) who subsidizes her studies with shift work at the stadium where Garrett is a star player on the college hockey team.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 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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The program is financed through donations to the Colorado Golf Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the CGA.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
13 June 2026
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Last summer’s approximate £235million transfer spend on the likes of Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko was financed, in part, by several RCF drawdowns.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidize. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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