taxpayer

Example Sentences

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The developer estimates the project will take 15 years to complete and require $1 billion to $2 billion in private, philanthropic and taxpayer funds that have yet to be secured.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The decisions on where to deploy taxpayer money are made independently by bodies staffed with people with venture-capital experience, but the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Business Secretary said the government was prepared to make bigger investments of taxpayer money in promising companies and create a cross-government concierge service to help companies get the skills, finance and support they need.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But investing in coal in 2026 is akin to “a taxpayer bailout to build new phone booths,” said Kit Kennedy, managing director for power at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“This company is the second largest taxpayer in the state of California and as such contributes very largely to the funds of the university,” he lectured Berkeley’s research dean, A. O. Leuschner.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik