financial
adjective
fi·nan·cial
fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl 
fī-
: relating to finance or financiers
financial aid
the financial district
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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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It’s aimed at protecting the economic establishment from new ideas and realities such as global warming, while providing financial and personal opportunities for grifters and charlatans.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Carbon offsets offer a financial mechanism to compensate for an entity’s emission of greenhouse gases by paying someone else to reduce or remove their own emissions such as by planting trees, which absorb carbon dioxide.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 17 May 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Carbon offsets offer a financial mechanism to compensate for an entity’s emission of greenhouse gases by paying someone else to reduce or remove their own emissions such as by planting trees, which absorb carbon dioxide.
—Andrew Follett, National Review, 17 May 2024
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“Financial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/financial. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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