How do you use Defund in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Defund meaning
To cancel funding for.
Using Defund
- The main meaning on this page is: To cancel funding for.
- In the example corpus, defund often appears in combinations such as: defund the, to defund, defund police.
Context around Defund
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defund
- In this selection, "defund" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, diversity and cities stand out and add context to how "defund" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because of defund the police and bill to defund the irs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defund" sits close to words such as anthropologists, archived and awakens, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defund
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Don't defund the police. (5 words)
Any move to defund police accountability demands explanation. (8 words)
Defund the police and let society descend into anarchy. (9 words)
The Reform Alliance is a sham that’s worked for years to defund the public schools that serve more than 90% of Arkansas students in favor of private and charter schools that serve only the families with the resources to seek them out. (43 words)
Again, you won’t see anyone in the media pointing out that this is directly connected to defund the police but that’s the reality even if no one wants to admit it. (33 words)
Representative Anthony Brindisi (NY-22), along with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Will Hurd (TX-23) and Rep. Jared Golden (ME-02), introduced the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Representative Anthony Brindisi (NY-22), along with Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Will Hurd (TX-23) and Rep. Jared Golden (ME-02), introduced the Defund Cities that Defund the Police Act.
Again, you won’t see anyone in the media pointing out that this is directly connected to defund the police but that’s the reality even if no one wants to admit it.
Any move to defund police accountability demands explanation.
At the same time, defund religious schools, the breeding grounds for extremists.
But Minneapolis voters rejected a ballot measure that had its roots in the movement to defund the police.
By then, a few GOP lawmakers in Georgia were calling for a special session to impeach and remove Willis or defund her office.
Don't defund the police.
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Monday to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at all public universities in the state.
He promised to raise taxes, though he backed away from past pledges to defund police.
I am a strong supporter of the police, opposing the defund the police movement.
If by defund you mean to prevent the police from receiving any funds, okay, and frankly, I agree.
Loesch asked DeSantis if he would “sign” a bill to defund the IRS if it landed on his desk.
Now we know that those seasoned officers are retiring in droves because of “ defund the police” demands, unfair and ludicrous bail laws and leftist cries from politicians.
Saggau criticized proposals to restructure 911 as outgrowths of the “defund the police” movement and voiced frustration that some advocates think supporting alternative response requires a redistribution of police budgets.
Some people want to defund the police and destroyed some communities.
The diabolical plan to erase Black History and defund diversity and equity programs seeks to create a future where the reality of institutional racism is forgotten.
The Reform Alliance is a sham that’s worked for years to defund the public schools that serve more than 90% of Arkansas students in favor of private and charter schools that serve only the families with the resources to seek them out.
Those numbers slowly started to change in districts around the country as a response to calls to defund the police.
While Democrats push to defund the police that protect our communities, they are beefing up their own private security to protect themselves.
Defund the police and let society descend into anarchy.
Common combinations with defund
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- defund the 68×
- to defund 68×
- defund police 14×
- the defund 4×
- and defund 4×
- or defund 3×
- defund them 3×
- defund and 3×
- defund planned 3×
- that defund 2×