fringe benefit

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Recent Examples of fringe benefit There has been a fringe benefit to Dunk’s time off. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026 Rising Medicaid and fringe benefit costs and smaller-than-anticipated corporation tax receipts led Comptroller Sean Scanlon last week to project a $6 million operating deficit for this fiscal year. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 One fringe benefit of speaking—or slowly but surely learning—Korean? — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2026 His vision of improving New York always included a few fringe benefits for himself. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fringe benefit
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benefit
Noun
  • The Chinese, too, threw cold water on the chances of a breakthrough, with one Chinese official telling The Times the central government saw no benefit to a pause.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Almost a quarter-million children in Florida lost their food benefits between August 2025 and August 2026.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2026

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“Fringe benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringe%20benefit. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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