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Toyota Motor plans to expand its U.S. production capacity to help defray a 15% tariff on Japanese autos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Analysts expect Netflix to use that money to help further build out its ad stack and to defray some of the $20 billion in content spending it has forecast for this year.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

In return, Allen’s company receives most of the commercial spots in the programs, which his company can sell to advertisers to defray its costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

The price adjustments "defray" but do not fully cover the increase in costs, the spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

My stipend was a predetermined amount of money—based on world ranking—to defray the cost of training expenses.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

For example, a new tax credit defrays 30% of the costs of installing rooftop solar and battery storage.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he hadn’t studied Feyen’s amendment but said a surcharge on non-Brewer events would be reasonable if it defrays the overall state contribution.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

A hearing on how the U.S. government defrays the cost of doing federally funded research on college campuses might put most people to sleep.

From Science Magazine ● May 26, 2017

Not only do universities rely on federal grants for research but federal funding also defrays overhead expenses associated with that research, sometimes called indirect costs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2013

The public is but a generous patron who defrays the postage. 

From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson

Some defrayed living expenses large and small — private school tuition, vehicle batteries, tires.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

She spent about $52,000 on her solar panels and batteries, but $21,600 of that cost was defrayed by rebates and tax credits.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2023

Three years ago, when the pandemic hit and the country shut down, the federal government responded with programs that defrayed basic living expenses such as housing and food.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2023

Of his annual $437,000 income, nearly $200,000 is defrayed by the university.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

Further, they stated that the money their society had collected for making coffins and burying the dead “has not defrayed the expense of wages which we had to pay to those whom we employed.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Installation costs can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, which is why most federal and state policies promoting heat pump adoption have focused on defraying them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

Since March the system has generated about 1.2 MWh, defraying about 12% of our 12-month household electric use and 100% of our annual fuel costs, since both cars are electric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Almost all lend a hand on an ongoing basis, whether contributing to savings accounts, setting up trusts or defraying the costs of college tuition, medical bills and other expenses.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

While defraying some food service costs, this would be minuscule in terms of districts’ general funds.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

When any of their friends or relatives die, they commonly have some little offering to make to assist in defraying the expenses of the funeral.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous