SUBSIDIZING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

subsidizing

verb

present participle of subsidize

as in funding

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 financing

to provide money for housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government

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defunding

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Recent Examples of subsidizing In theory, a middle power could choose to stop subsidizing superpowers. — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Early advertising results within ChatGPT have been promising enough that executives are increasing the number of ads, potentially subsidizing free access for the 92% of ChatGPT’s consumer users who, Friar says, do not pay for a subscription. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 The cost to Medicare of subsidizing the drugs will depend largely on how many people use the program, and the federal government hasn’t released an estimate. — Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 The first terawatt was mostly rich countries subsidizing the installation of solar, with China and poor countries still finding photovoltaics too expensive. — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 How Freedom Fuel is subsidizing the cost of its cheap gas is unclear. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026 Meanwhile, despite whatever financial pressures hang over universities, a growing number of them are still subsidizing their athletic departments to cover mounting costs. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026 To acknowledge this calculation, platforms should group rides and deliveries into tight, localized clusters instead of heavily subsidizing long, isolated routes, in recognition that drivers prioritize route efficiency. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 The city ultimately landed on subsidizing some of the costs for a potential buyer using funds from the city’s downtown tax increment financing, or TIF, district, which the Barry House lies within. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

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Mike Coppola | Getty Images Rare Ventures will initially focus on funding the development of new treatments for seven different rare conditions.

— Brad Quick, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Parton invested time and money in causes that were important to her, including funding college tuition and saving bald eagles.

— Maggie Penman, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

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Many view the deals, which Nvidia is financing from its massive cash pile, as creating dangerous interdependencies with the AI business.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
The magnitude of all of Nvidia's financial commitments — from financing to strategic agreements to equity investments — has had Wall Street on edge.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Most recently, the Los Padres National Forest issued an order, effective Friday night, establishing an emergency closure for the Monterey Ranger District.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
The expansion of settlements crisscrossing the West Bank threatened the hope of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state there.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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