defund
verb
de·fund
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defunded;
defunding;
defunds
Definition of defund
: to withdraw funding from
Examples of defund in a Sentence
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Back in 2000, Camenker’s group illegally recorded LGBT youth groups and distributed the videos in an attempt to defund the state’s Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, "When the State Enforces “Straight Pride”," 4 Sep. 2019 And the notion that the loss of Title X money is tantamountto defunding Planned Parenthood is similarly unfounded (Planned Parenthood willcontinue to receive $400 million from Medicaid). — Jess Mchugh, Fortune, "Title X Has Never Paid for Abortions—But the Trump Administration Gutted It Anyway," 26 Aug. 2019 Since day one, Trump and his Republican cronies have tried to defund Planned Parenthood and strip valuable reproductive care from millions of women. — Samantha Leach, Glamour, "Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Federal Funds. Here's What That Means," 19 Aug. 2019 Many also voiced concerns that effort was a pretext to defund neighborhoods, which detractors have cast as white- and homeowner-dominated forces against development. — oregonlive.com, "Rebutting critics, Chloe Eudaly says ‘nothing is changing’ for Portland neighborhood groups," 31 July 2019 As governor of Indiana, Pence indeed defunded the organization at the state level, only to see STI rates climb. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "No, Planned Parenthood Won't Bargain with the Trump Administration," 20 Aug. 2019 Under the resolution, all nonunion, contractual or appointed employees not authorized in the budget or with contract approval from the City Council — including those serving as assistant to Orozco or Alvarez-Roa — also will be defunded. — Lex Talamo, The Seattle Times, "The mayor of Wapato wanted another term. She got 30 votes — and then a piece of the fed-up residents’ minds.," 10 Aug. 2019 As a result, the NIDILRR defunded one of the studies, a $914,000 investigation into the effects of a muscle relaxer and treadmill training on people with spinal-cord injuries. — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, "How a Revolutionary Technique Got People with Spinal-Cord Injuries Back on Their Feet," 7 Aug. 2019 None of the president’s men defunded the Russiagate inquest. — Deroy Murdock, National Review, "Obstruction? There Was No Obstruction.," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'defund.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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