subsidize
verb (used with object)
to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
has been subsidizing
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present perfect progressiveof subsidize (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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If anything, Volkswagen’s global business has been subsidizing uncompetitive German plants for too long, it adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
They argued that the city’s budget has been subsidizing the cost of residential trash pickup for customers in single-family homes and small apartments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
During a stop in Alaska on her flight to China, Ms. Yellen said that she would not rule out ways to protect the industries that the United States has been subsidizing.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
But those building blocks are cheap because of the inherent qualities of the plant, not because the government has been subsidizing them for decades.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Don’t forget about tax breaks The US government has been subsidizing the purchase of EV and plug-in hybrid vehicles to help encourage more people to ditch their old fossil fuel-burning cars for cleaner transportation.
From The Verge ● Aug. 2, 2017
