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
  • Long-term investing is the key to securing your nest egg.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The proceeds from the sale will be used to rebuild my black-boot nest egg, which has run low of late due to unfavorable market conditions.
    Alyssa Brandt, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 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
  • Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • After an initial deposit of around $160 million by August 2019, Riaz’s company had to pay a monthly fine of $16 million.
    Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

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