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Relentless messaging on Social Security, from politicians and personal finance websites, might suggest workers are socking away their own money to pay for their eventual retirement.—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025 Clients will have half a million or a million dollars socked away, but are still clipping coupons.—Mike Zaino, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 Americans are continually encouraged to sock away money in a 401(k) or other retirement plan to ensure a comfortable, if not cushy, life in their later years.—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 27 June 2025 State lawmakers are also preparing for a potential recession, socking away at least $750 million for the state’s rainy day fund and proposing making the annual funding permanent through a constitutional amendment next year.—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sock away
Word History
Etymology
from the practice of concealing savings in the toe of a sock
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