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[fed-er-uhl] / ˈfɛd ər əl /






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Much of this money, GAO said, was “funded by tuition and fees paid by students,” which “indirectly include federal funds students receive in federal student aid to pay their tuition and fees.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The ruling released Thursday also frees up federal funding that already had been approved but not distributed to homeless service organizations in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But there must be valid federal law that actually does the overriding.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

He thinks high-net-worth individuals may be better off looking at investing in areas such as in real estate, where the federal tax code offers generous tax breaks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Since the federal budget that year was less than $7 million, the critics seem to be right when they conclude that the costs were not just daunting but also prohibitively expensive.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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