fringe benefit

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Recent Examples of fringe benefit 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 One fringe benefit of embarking on such a massive casting process is that Telsey, Canfield, and their team already had the right sides to read everybody. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fringe benefit
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benefit
Noun
  • Creality's approach is rather different, swapping smaller nozzle assemblies instead of complete print heads, and potentially bringing the benefits of multi-nozzle printing to a more affordable machine.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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“Fringe benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringe%20benefit. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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