Examples of defund in a Sentence
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Advocates for children and families criticized D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s proposal Wednesday to defund an office that provides oversight for children involved with the city’s Child and Family Services Agency.
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Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The thin blue line flag became most visible in 2020 as a reaction to defund the police movements that swept the country in the wake of the police custody death of George Floyd.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024
State legislators threatened to defund the health department and pressured it into scaling back COVID-19 vaccine promotion, as revealed by The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Amy Maxmen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
In the weeks that followed, state legislators threatened to defund the health department and pressured it into scaling back covid vaccine promotion, as revealed by The Tennessean.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
There’s still a very strong movement to defund the police, even in the middle of a five-alarm fire.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices at public universities.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
The ‘defund the police’ mentality has sympathies on the current board.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
There's police executives around the United States that will tell you that defund the police is over.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The thin blue line flag became most visible in 2020 as a reaction to defund the police movements that swept the country in the wake of the police custody death of George Floyd.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024
State legislators threatened to defund the health department and pressured it into scaling back COVID-19 vaccine promotion, as revealed by The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Amy Maxmen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
In the weeks that followed, state legislators threatened to defund the health department and pressured it into scaling back covid vaccine promotion, as revealed by The Tennessean.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
There’s still a very strong movement to defund the police, even in the middle of a five-alarm fire.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices at public universities.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 19 Mar. 2024
The ‘defund the police’ mentality has sympathies on the current board.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
There's police executives around the United States that will tell you that defund the police is over.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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