Ring-fenced

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ring-fence form-of, participle, past

    "To have ring-fenced funding that can't be taken away when there's a change of political wind is immensely beneficial."

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"To have ring-fenced funding that can't be taken away when there's a change of political wind is immensely beneficial."

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