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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Funding for the research came from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Capacity Funds program.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Funding cuts don’t just undermine disease surveillance, they also undercut public trust, which continues to drop.

From Salon • May 20, 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