Thesaurus results for PENSIONS

pensions

noun

plural of pension

as in contributions

an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works Her pension arrives in the mail every month. retired people living on their pensions

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Recent Examples of pensions Starting in the 1980s, employers largely changed their retirement vehicle of choice from pensions to 401(k) plans, essentially shifting the responsibility for retirement savings onto individuals. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2026 The bill creates a presumption that benefits will be reduced when a worker is already receiving money for a pre-existing condition from any source, including disability pensions — preventing what the state views as double-dipping. —

Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 That should concern Chicagoans because those same governance failures are still happening, whether the issue is pensions, borrowing, labor agreements or tax increment financing. —

Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 There is also the complexity involved in implementing a wealth tax — for example, in regularly valuing private businesses, pensions and property — and the fact that Britain’s tax authorities currently lack the infrastructure to do so. —

Ian King, CNBC, 27 May 2026 The uncertainty around a final class size deal comes one day after lawmakers in Albany passed a slate of pensions reforms as part of the state budget with major implications for the city’s budget. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026 Portugal and Spain are popular because of their excellent healthcare, both public and private, and because pensions stretch further there. —

Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Retirement account withdrawals As with pensions, traditional IRAs and 401(k)s generally come with substantial protections against garnishment, provided that the funds remain inside the account. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 May 2026 California is home to two of the nation’s largest public pensions, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). —

Zachary Christensen, Oc Register, 14 May 2026

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President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Saliba’s defensive contributions are less abrasive than Gabriel’s.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 2 June 2026