Thesaurus results for NEST EGGS

nest eggs

noun

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plural of nest egg

as in deposits

a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose paid for the computer out of his nest egg

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Recent Examples of nest eggs In both countries, the cost of living has climbed faster than wages and pensions, eroding the spending power of even relatively healthy nest eggs. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 Older age brackets tend to have larger nest eggs, but even workers who are nearing retirement often fall short. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 America’s retirement savings system has been frozen in place for the past 20 years, leaving workers with limited options for growing their nest eggs even as innovation transformed the investing landscape. —

MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Some lose more than $100,000 to fraud Unfortunately, some people are losing huge chunks of their retirement nest eggs to elaborate ongoing forms of fraud. —

Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Young lovers and older adults both lose money to scams, but older adults who have built up bigger retirement nest eggs, typically, can be targeted for more cash. —

Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026 Workers ages 18 to 49 with student loans have nest eggs about 20% smaller than those of their debt-free counterparts, with an average balance of $58,000 versus $72,000. —

Annie Nova, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026 In Hawaii and New York, residents are projected to have higher than average retirement incomes, but higher than average expenses or longer lifespans due to things like diets and access to health care may mean those nest eggs won’t last long enough. —

Roxana Popescu, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025

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The study got its start when co-author Brian Gootee, a geologist with the Arizona Geological Survey, noticed a resemblance between sand deposits downstream of the Grand Canyon and in the Bidahochi—both contained pink, rounded grains that seemed to have been transported by the same river.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The highest crests of Shackleton’s rim offer the advantage of near-continuous sunlight, providing a lander or future Moon base a stable source of solar power right next to a crater floor in eternal shadow, where temperatures are cold enough to preserve ancient ice deposits.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026