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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.
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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
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
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Providing both a blueprint for success and supplemental funds to other racing venues within the state, the piece of property within rock-throwing distance of the Tennessee state line has helped initiate a renaissance.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Those tactics are also used to generate funds meant to help the regime subvert international sanctions and develop its nuclear weapons programs, according to the US government.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Saving early and consistently continues to be helpful for building a retirement nest egg.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s the right way to build an income stream that can help carry us into retirement and keep us there—on a reasonable nest egg, too.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the first time, fans can get up close to huge numbers of Bowie's treasures, from his groundbreaking costumes to his favourite instruments.—
Robbie Griffiths,
NPR,
13 Sep. 2025
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The franchise revolves around the planet Pandora, a dangerous world full of alien treasures that attracts Vault Hunters from across the universe looking for the next big score.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the decision, markets had been pricing in an around 99% chance of the ECB's key deposit facility rate being left at 2% for the second consecutive time.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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The bank’s total assets sit at $404 million, with $361 million in deposits.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sinking fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinking%20fund. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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