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The protocol foundation was created as a tax-exempt charity during Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration in 2004, and was intended to defray taxpayer costs for the governor’s travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

The company will contribute $11 million to two funds to defray costs for residents, schools and local water systems to drill replacement wells or install tanks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

That windfall would help defray the soaring expenses of college sports, which now include up to $20.5 million a year for athletes along with the sky-high salaries schools already pay coaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

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

One sees agriculture flourishing, while nature alone defrays almost all the expense.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington

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

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

For most companies, the bill is relatively small, and it can be defrayed by giving less money to shareholders, or by raising prices.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2019

One major question for Temple and other safety-net hospitals is whether states would restore supplemental funds or programs that defrayed the cost of caring for the uninsured before the health law took effect.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2016

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

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

The stock donation could be useful in defraying that bill.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

On the 2nd of March he took his leave, the King of England accompanying him on his way a mile or more, defraying the charges of all his servants, and giving rewards.'

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne