fund
noun
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose.
had funded
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past perfectof fund.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The court said it knew of no previous president who privately funded the demolition of a substantial portion of the White House that Congress had authorized and taxpayers had funded.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
By year three, it had funded enough runway that we pulled the plug on it and ran full steam ahead with Tibi as it is today.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
The filmmaker said he had funded all his productions from his own pocket, mainly with revenue from a production company he founded in 2001 to create television series and wedding videos.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
It didn’t say how much it had invested—even though it publicly announced an initial $1 billion investment in 2019—or how much of the commitments it had funded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
There were the legacy kids, whose fathers and grandfathers had been Tigers or whose families had funded the building of a dorm or a library.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
