fund
noun
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose.
had been funding
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past perfect progressiveof fund.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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A former company employee later testified that it was new investors' money that had been funding the daily payouts, not crypto-mining dividends.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
County had been funding longer stays in recuperative care through its Housing for Health program, which got some funding through a pilot program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries called Whole Person Care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
To offset the loss of advertising revenue that had been funding our newsroom and operations, in 2011 we created a unique innovation: community investment in public-service journalism.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
There had been funding gaps before, with many during the late 1970s, but the government still stayed up and running.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2019
Though the 1923 exhibition was an art world sensation, it failed to pacify the increasingly conservative government of Thuringia, which had been funding the Bauhaus.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2016
