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Recent Examples of defund
For example, efforts to defund Planned Parenthood in Indiana caused a clinic in rural Scott County to close down in 2013.
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Katie Camero, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
This is nonsense: Prop. 36 actually defunds drug treatment.
—Salil Dudani, Orange County Register, 5 Oct. 2024
Amid the pandemic and the George Floyd protests, Jones distinguished himself by endorsing Medicare for All and calls to defund the police.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
That story focused on the Global Engagement Center funding the Global Disinformation Index, a British group that works to defund right-leaning media outlets.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Sep. 2024
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Katie Camero, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
This is nonsense: Prop. 36 actually defunds drug treatment.
—Salil Dudani, Orange County Register, 5 Oct. 2024
Amid the pandemic and the George Floyd protests, Jones distinguished himself by endorsing Medicare for All and calls to defund the police.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
That story focused on the Global Engagement Center funding the Global Disinformation Index, a British group that works to defund right-leaning media outlets.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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