Definitions
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- adjective supported and operated by the government of a state
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Examples
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Even though they go to a state-supported, public university, over half of the students, or their parents, were born in a foreign country.
Buck Goldstein: Low Risk and High Return -- Investing in our Best Buck Goldstein 2011
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Even though they go to a state-supported, public university, over half of the students, or their parents, were born in a foreign country.
Buck Goldstein: Low Risk and High Return -- Investing in our Best Buck Goldstein 2011
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According to the logic of the UC Office of the President, the money-making sectors should keep their profits, but the state-supported areas have to suffer deep cuts.
Bob Samuels: October 7th: Get Out The Vote And Support Higher Education Bob Samuels 2010
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Beyond the taxpayer cost, Mr. Resch and his industry special-pleaders appear to want the U.S. to emulate the Chinese model of state-supported capitalism.
Solar Spectacle 2011
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According to the logic of the UC Office of the President, the money-making sectors should keep their profits, but the state-supported areas have to suffer deep cuts.
Bob Samuels: October 7th: Get Out The Vote And Support Higher Education Bob Samuels 2010
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Though it is a profit-making company, technically barred from owning state-supported schools, "that's not an issue because we can set up a charitable trust with Gems as the operating company beneath."
Former Ofsted head takes on private education provider Peter Wilby 2010
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Overall, the plan will reduce money for public schools by roughly 10 percent — with the poorest districts sustaining the biggest blows — and by nearly 20 percent for state-supported universities.
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The worm Stuxnet that infiltrated Iran's nuclear program is considered a state-supported project.
Russ Wellen: What If Nuclear Terrorism Were Just a Mouse Click Away? Russ Wellen 2010
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Overall, the plan will reduce money for public schools by roughly 10 percent — with the poorest districts sustaining the biggest blows — and by nearly 20 percent for state-supported universities.
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Since then, the public have had to endure the bizarre spectacle of ministers "negotiating" with the bosses of state-supported banks over targets for lending to businesses, in the deal that became known as Project Merlin.
Rubber-stamping Stephen Hester's RBS bonus is no one's idea of 'popular capitalism' 2012
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