financed

past tense of finance

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of financed Major scandals involving Petrobras, the state oil company, and construction giants financed by the national development bank BNDES upended large deals that Brazil had secured across Latin America. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 The campus will be financed with a gift from the Miami financial executive and philanthropist — $3 billion. — Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Both Sides Now is independently financed by Three Birds Landing Productions and marks the company’s debut feature film. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 Issue 3 would allow these projects to be financed through district revenues, bonds and other financial tools. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 Pierre, 50, is endorsed by Common Ground Collective, an organization opposing CTU and Mayor Brandon Johnson and financed in large part by the chief executive officer of GCM Grosvenor, Michael Sacks. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashed unlimited torrents of money into political campaigns, elections are now largely financed by big money donors and super PACs. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 The White House called the advertisement an educational, patriotic public service announcement, but did not identify which federal agency financed it. — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Annapurna Pictures co-financed and co-produced as part of a partnership with Remedy Entertainment. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for financed
Verb
  • Startups that were founded within the past five years or funded within the past two years are able to apply, according to Anthropic.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Agravitas is funded by the Basque government, the regional government, the provincial council, and the Bilbao city council, as well as the BBK Banking Foundation.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Much of that sum—$250 million—comes from his contract with the Saudi Pro League’s Al Nassr, which is believed to be subsidized by commercial agreements orchestrated by the club.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The state’s leaders believed subsidized higher education would serve the greater good and seed economic growth.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Financed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/financed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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