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superfund

American  
[soo-per-fuhnd] / ˈsu pərˌfʌnd /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.


Etymology

Origin of superfund

First recorded in 1980–85; super- + fund

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Several states that were considering climate superfund laws have backed off.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

He became a problem-solver for a company with plenty of legal headaches, from badly delayed power-plant projects to superfund site cleanups.

From Barron's Oct. 17, 2025

It involved a dispute between a group of Montana landowners and the Atlantic Richfield Company, owners of a Montana superfund site.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2023

Energy bosses have insisted for some time that a government-backed superfund from which they could borrow to lower or freeze bills "is the only game in town".

From BBC Sep. 5, 2022

The EPA has bigger superfund fish to fry, and some of the arsenic and chromium gone is better than none of it.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2022

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