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sinking fund

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as in funds

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Recent Examples of sinking fund Goal setting and category tracking YNAB is well-equipped to help its users set and track financial goals, such as building a sinking fund for car maintenance. — Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 17 June 2026 The Innovation Grant money could finance that sinking fund, according to Ruggini. — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Nov. 2025 For those who attend multiple weddings per year, a wedding guest sinking fund is probably a good idea. — Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 Borrowers may look to sinking funds as a way to help plan for potential student loan debt cancellation. — 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

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Neither Prinz nor her firm contributed to campaign funds controlled by Welch, state campaign finance records show.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
The federal government is withholding nearly $113 million in Medicaid funds to Minnesota, and both local officials and providers are left wondering how that number was determined.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026

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Meet fairies, walk through Pixie’s Detour and the Rainbow Rainforest, hunt for Giant Dandelions and treasure, chat with Archimedes the talking tree (in English or Spanish), visit the Tree of Life and unlock the Secret Garden laser show.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Nor was the girl, nor were any of the treasures still waiting to be plundered.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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Its champions, branded Baptists for their emphasis on beta-amyloid deposits, marshalled plenty of supporting evidence.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
However, the benefit must generally be purchased within 20 days of the initial trip deposit, and other conditions apply.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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