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as in funding
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as in capital
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as in subsidizing
to provide money for
a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City
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as in establishing
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 financing
Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Schwarz Group, a major Aleph Alpha shareholder, committed $600 million in future financing and will lead Cohere’s upcoming Series E round.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Rather, the strategy has been to move incrementally, probably in recognition of the fact that property taxes remain the primary tool for financing local governments.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Chrysalis arranged financing through the state housing department FLEX grants, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority funding and other state and federal sources.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Schwarz Group, a major Aleph Alpha shareholder, committed $600 million in future financing and will lead Cohere’s upcoming Series E round.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
David Drubner, a partner in Southford Park LLC, said the opposition is misguided given the rising costs for financing municipal services and schools — and that is especially true following a recent property revaluation in Middlebury.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Rather, the strategy has been to move incrementally, probably in recognition of the fact that property taxes remain the primary tool for financing local governments.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for financing
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The team said the makeup of its contribution will be addressed in a later development and funding agreement.—
Nina Moske,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The indictment alleges that after the NIH terminated a bat coronavirus grant to EcoHealth Alliance, Morens and co-conspirators pledged to help restore the grant and used back-channel communications to influence NIH funding decisions while deliberately avoiding transparency requirements.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The insurgents, who operate at ease, crossing borders and dominating much of the countryside in Mali and Burkina Faso, now feel emboldened to target capital cities.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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And the cost for the pool’s ongoing repairs have delayed the Park District’s ability to do many other capital projects in the parks.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The rally also highlighted concerns over Duke’s profits, executive compensation, data center growth, coal and gas investments, and whether residential customers are subsidizing industrial energy use.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, for example, are trying to shield the public by cutting fuel taxes, subsidizing diesel and cooking fuel, and capping bread and electricity prices.—
Judd Devermont,
semafor.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Exxon and Venezuela had a major legal battle after Maduro’s predecessor, the late President Hugo Chavez, confiscated the company’s assets in the South American country.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her legal, political and administrative skills have proven to be assets in her new job.—
East Bay Times editorial,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sun Pharma plans to fund the acquisition through a mix of internal cash and financing from banks.—
Baiju Kalesh,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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The irregular flow of cash will distort their financial reports and could deepen mistrust that the county has adequate guardrails to properly account for where taxpayers’ money is ending up.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Among the items seized during the search were all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls from the 2020 election.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Weekend menus include shrimp and grits, strawberry tiramisu waffes and a giant s’more cinnamon roll.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Financing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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