sinking fund

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Recent Examples of sinking fund For those who attend multiple weddings per year, a wedding guest sinking fund is probably a good idea. Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 Anyone who does qualify for student loan forgiveness could use a sinking fund to pay your taxes. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once. Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024 In Royal Oak, voters decisively approved the renewal of a millage that funds the school district's sinking fund. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2022 If approved, village will add $3,371 annually to a sinking fund so the shades can be replaced when needed. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 But sinking funds into that pipeline would be a major gamble. Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinking fund
Noun
  • Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, regular funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – also known as SNAP, food stamps and CalFresh in California – were depleted at the end of October.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The deal would reinstate federal workers who had received reduction in force, or layoff, notices and reimburse states that spent their own funds to keep federal programs running during the shutdown.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • After all, the nest egg in your 401(k) or IRA represents not just money, but future security and independence.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But investors shouldn’t bet their nest eggs on this trade continuing to hold up in the new year, according to Amy Arnott, portfolio strategist at Morningstar.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Brendan Fraser played the dashing hero Rick O’Connell, a treasure hunter and former Captain of the French Foreign Legion.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In the film, little Rory needs to save her father who’s disappeared on a treasure quest during an unfortunate encounter with a dragon.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Amaroq, which operates on the island, said the White House is talking to it about investment in its projects that extract or explore gold, gallium and other critical mineral deposits.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Venezuela's constitution states that the nation owns all mineral and hydrocarbon deposits — its oil and natural gas reserves — within its own territory, including those that lie beneath the country's seabed.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Sinking fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinking%20fund. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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