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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

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

Proponents say they help defray the costs of delivering justice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 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

Thank you for your offer," she replied, "but the money Miss Dolby pays me defrays all my housekeeping expenses and a little more.

From Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune by Horatio Alger

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

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

Medical bills have been defrayed through other crime-victims funds as well as by hospitals, fund officials said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 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

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

Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County’s wildfires were ruled legal in a decision released late Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 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

Until those identities reveal themselves, if they do, Carroll will appreciate the single player capable of defraying concerns about their defense or running game, of helping the Seahawks win while they evolve: Russell Wilson.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2018

The greater part of such public works may easily be so managed, as to afford a particular revenue, sufficient for defraying their own expense, without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of the society.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier