financial
adjective
fi·nan·cial
fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl 
fī-
: relating to finance or financiers
financial aid
the financial district
Examples of financial in a Sentence
The company is headed for financial disaster.
a family struggling with financial problems
I would like some financial advice before I buy this house.
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Hackers in late 2023 stole Glendale Unified School District employees’ Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account information and demanded a ransom for the data, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Jason Henry, Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026
The state of emergency would allow those counties to receive financial assistance under Michigan's Emergency Management Act.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The board’s responsibilities were diminished in 2017, after news reports revealed questionable financial practices and an audit found board members inappropriately intervened in the agency’s daily operations.
—Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Student loan debt and credit card burdens weigh more heavily on this cohort, Lautz noted, while older millennials’ financial pressures have shifted to childcare costs and high rent—the friction of a life already in motion, not one still trying to launch.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jason Henry, Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026
The state of emergency would allow those counties to receive financial assistance under Michigan's Emergency Management Act.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The board’s responsibilities were diminished in 2017, after news reports revealed questionable financial practices and an audit found board members inappropriately intervened in the agency’s daily operations.
—Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Student loan debt and credit card burdens weigh more heavily on this cohort, Lautz noted, while older millennials’ financial pressures have shifted to childcare costs and high rent—the friction of a life already in motion, not one still trying to launch.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Financial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financial. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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