fund
noun
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose.
have been funding
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present perfect progressiveof fund.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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"As a result of that," says Pearce, "All the bigger companies, but it goes the whole way down to indie as well, just got scared and thus have been funding things a lot less, unfortunately."
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Now, after a year of war, what’s happened is the Sudanese people who have been funding kitchens have begun to run out of cash.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024
States in the compact have been funding efforts to boost snowfall by releasing silver iodide from airplanes and ground-based devices in Wyoming and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountains.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Federal investigators were also alarmed, Lelling says, by how Lieber “brazenly” hid that relationship from Harvard and from the federal agencies that for decades have been funding his research on inorganic nanowires.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2020
Pension funds and endowments have been funding the country’s tech upstarts for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2019
