How to Use finance in a Sentence

finance

1 of 2 noun
  • The library closed due to a lack of finances.
  • She's taking a course on personal finance.
  • But finance alone is not enough.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • Even his dad told him to stay in finance.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The last thing most want is to trust their finances to the state.
    Julia Rodgers, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The buyer cannot talk to the finance lead.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And there are threats to state finances on the horizon.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • Learn how to tackle your debts and get your finances back on track.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • But there are also the finances.
    Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Take an honest look at finances.
    Glamour, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But the year-and-a-half ordeal took a toll on her finances and health.
    Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This process, known as a bank levy, can have a big impact on your finances.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • From there, take the time to sit down and do the math on your household finances.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In finance, that brain is starving.
    Jerry Shu, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • In place of winter coats, finance bros strut the halls in their puffer and fleece vests.
    Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Not law or corporate finance like back in the day.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Indeed, finance takes place in a world beset by change.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Find out how to get rid of debt and take back control of your finances today.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • In finance, as in life, the scariest things happen when the lights go out.
    Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Dementia can drain your finances, as well as your soul.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Trump himself pushed back on questions about his finances this week.
    Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • Durable finance answers the question of whether projects get built.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • And there’s kind of a saying in finance that some products are sold, not bought.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Expect a happy pop in your finances.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Marks may be right that AI will transform finance.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Costs like these weigh on the companies’ finances.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The script’s dense, finance-heavy dialogue less so.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
  • For singles of a certain age, the finances of dating can get tricky.
    Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Ready to take the first step to getting your finances under control?
    Cortlynn Starkand, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Clean up any mismatch between what the finance system shows and what the bank shows.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

finance

2 of 2 verb
  • They financed him to study abroad.
  • The study was financed by a government grant.
  • His parents financed his college education.
  • The film wasn’t financed at that point.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Help came from the state and city to help finance the project.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • It was written and financed and ready to go.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The film is financed by Sherif and Graves.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • Did finance close the books sooner?
    Shreyas Nair, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Vendôme and Pathé are financing the project.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The balance would need to be financed through a private lender.
    Lauren Sausser, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Then, Dwight said, lenders got wary of financing a project that large.
    Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • But scale financed by extreme leverage is not strength.
    Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • In other words, to maintain peace, don’t finance wars with debt.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Think about how rare this is, and how few people can get a movie financed just for saying yes.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Like a car or home, most buyers finance RVs.
    Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 4 June 2026
  • Wildbunch was key in financing the movie.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • What stands in the way of progress on financing the just transition?
    Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Bad debt is used to finance something that is losing value.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Most of those were financed with the help of municipal bonds.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • The project has been financed to date with the brothers’ own capital.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The remainder was financed through the sale of common shares.
    Matt Haldane, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Leveraged buyouts finance more than one-third of all mergers.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • With rising interest rates, that debt wasn’t cheap to finance.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The new measure updates how the program is financed.
    Liz Neporent, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Money from these programs finances a dozen or so drinking water projects each year.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Paramount is taking on billions of dollars in debt to finance the deal.
    ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has said that the ballroom will be financed by private donors, not taxpayers.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The all-day festival was financed in part by federal funds.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • The all-day festival was financed in part by taxpayer funds.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Trafigura financed 85% of its portion with a bank loan, paying the rest in cash.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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