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
“We’re learning a lot from our peer funders who have been funding in global contexts,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
“The Sacklers have been funding the conversation for a really long time,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
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
I’m not an expert on the region, but in the one country I know a little bit about, Pakistan, I know that the Saudis have been funding bad actors there—
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2017
