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Recent Examples of provident My brother-in-law was not what one calls a provident father. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2024 For example, many cities have begun allowing parents to help their children buy an apartment using their housing provident funds, a kind of compulsory saving program in China. Jacky Wong, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 Its pilots are angry over not having received the company’s contribution towards their provident fund since 2020, even as pay cuts continue. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 13 July 2022 The deficits, however, demand a more provident approach to the ballooning defense budget (now larger than everything else in the federal discretionary budget combined). Jessica T. Mathews, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020 Social Security would likely be replaced also with a provident-fund system, basically a private retirement account with mandatory contributions, with backup provisions if this proves to be insufficient in old age. Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 That led to another announcement this spring, which prevented people from using BN(O) passports for the early withdrawal of mandatory provident funds (MPFs). Michelle Toh and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021 The combined employer-and-employee contribution rates into the city’s central provident fund – the main pension plan – currently drop from 37% at 55 years of age to as low as 12.5% for older workers. Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provident
Adjective
  • Your decisions should be based on the best, most economical way of going forward based on a lot of different scenarios, a wide range of scenarios.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Apple products are typically expensive endeavors, but in this case, the Magic Mouse is actually the most economical option.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • This can lead to overly cautious investment choices and missed opportunities for growth.
    Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
  • Please be cautious in entering personal information as seedlings for your romance stories.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The review process is careful for a reason – and perhaps the only real method of speeding it up is the one Zeldin has proposed: reassigning staff so there are more people to share the work.
    Jeffrey Gore, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
  • Hillman and the department urged residents in the area to be extra careful this time of year.
    Brooke Baitinger, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • But most other Fed officials believe the prudent move would be to wait on lowering interest rates until there is a more material deterioration in labor markets.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 7 May 2025
  • In the face of policy zig-zags and on-again/off-again pronouncements, the prudent stance is to hold fast, keep one’s powder dry and avoid further risk.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Bridging the divide Closing these data gaps is the first step to proactive, profitable action.
    Sophia Mendelsohn, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Robinson played 89 minutes, creating only one chance while playing proactive defense to keep his team in the contest.
    Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Brazil’s post-dictatorship experience also suggests that democratic threats can be effectively managed with farsighted political reforms intended to protect democracy.
    Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The most farsighted companies understand that downturns are not permanent.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Provident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/provident. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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