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Recent Examples of defund
On Israel, which fringes on both the Left and the Right have increasingly abandoned, Gallego questioned those who want to defund defensive support to the Middle Eastern nation.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Democrats have voted to defund DHS seven times, triggering airport chaos and undermining TSA operations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Those schools, in turn, can now defund programs based on low numbers.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Democrats have voted to defund DHS seven times, triggering airport chaos and undermining TSA operations.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Those schools, in turn, can now defund programs based on low numbers.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defund
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Snitker received further praise when he was shown on the jumbotron before the bottom of the fourth inning.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Over the years, the museum has received its share of accolades.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Mar. 2026
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While tough shot-making is fun, prospects who subsist too heavily on that diet have a much higher failure rate as pros, where those shots go from hard to harder.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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