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San Diego’s budget crisis is prompting city officials to consider softening their policy on minimum financial reserves despite a new comparison study showing most similar cities already have more money socked away.—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Burgess and others are often more worried about socking away money for unexpected car and house repairs or vet bills.—Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 Burgess and others are often more worried about socking away money for unexpected car and house repairs or vet bills.—Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026 And those dollars were not meant to be socked away in reserves, but spent.—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sock away
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Etymology
from the practice of concealing savings in the toe of a sock