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funding
  • present participle of fund.

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Note: Funding in 2027 reflects president's budget request covering multiple future years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Funding for the poll was provided to IGS by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a private foundation based in San Francisco that aims to increase civic participation and improve the state’s democratic processes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Funding rates help keep futures prices from diverging too far from reality, Ostium’s Kiernan-Linn said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Funding came from Research Ireland, a Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, and a research award from the Biostime Institute for Nutrition & Care.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Their very names were disingenuous, and told you nothing about their contents, their creators, or their managers: Carina, Gemstone, Octans III, Glacier Funding.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis