as in grants
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure
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Recent Examples of subsidies
Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.
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Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Valero’s refinery in Benicia has begun shutting down, and Valero has lobbied lawmakers for $400 million in operating subsidies to keep it open.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
The world recovered from those earlier disruptions by rerouting trade flows, increasing production elsewhere and using government subsidies to stabilize supply chains.
—Morgan Stephens, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2026
Right-wing influencer Nick Shirley posted a video in December that said members of Minnesota’s large Somali community were running fake childcare centers to collect federal subsidies.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers believe proposed federal policy changes — including Medicaid funding cuts and work requirements, marketplace enrollment requirements, and the expiration of extra ACA premium subsidies enacted during the pandemic — may worsen the disparities going forward.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Most cities offer similar support, and greater subsidies translate into higher franchise values.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Japan has scrapped taxes on gasoline and introduced subsidies to try to cushion the impact of rising oil prices.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Valero’s refinery in Benicia has begun shutting down, and Valero has lobbied lawmakers for $400 million in operating subsidies to keep it open.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
The world recovered from those earlier disruptions by rerouting trade flows, increasing production elsewhere and using government subsidies to stabilize supply chains.
—Morgan Stephens, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2026
Right-wing influencer Nick Shirley posted a video in December that said members of Minnesota’s large Somali community were running fake childcare centers to collect federal subsidies.
—Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers believe proposed federal policy changes — including Medicaid funding cuts and work requirements, marketplace enrollment requirements, and the expiration of extra ACA premium subsidies enacted during the pandemic — may worsen the disparities going forward.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Most cities offer similar support, and greater subsidies translate into higher franchise values.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Japan has scrapped taxes on gasoline and introduced subsidies to try to cushion the impact of rising oil prices.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidies
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Founded to democratize access to resources from the modern film industry, Decentralized Pictures has already awarded more than $1 million in grants and support to indie filmmakers.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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Best Friends Animal Society, which receives 51 percent of the voting proceeds, is giving $337,000 in grants to 117 shelters and rescues whose adoptable or alumni pets received the most votes.—
Liz Gray,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But others were planted with random allotments of four and 12 species, reflecting the middle and upper ends of tree diversity in similar-sized areas of our local forests.—
John Parker,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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As a result, Democrats refused to fund DHS as part of regular appropriations, pushing for new restrictions on how immigration enforcement officials conduct themselves.—
Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Subsidies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidies. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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