sinking funds

plural of sinking fund

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinking funds
Noun
  • First Brands had a web of complex debt agreements with a slew of lenders and investment funds globally.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This led to fervent talk about our perpetual lack of funds, the ravages of late capitalism, and how to assuage said ravages.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This approach could ease worries about nest eggs by extending income across a longer stretch.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In Hawaii and New York, residents are projected to have higher than average retirement incomes, but higher than average expenses or longer lifespans due to things like diets and access to health care may mean those nest eggs won’t last long enough.
    Roxana Popescu, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Boissevain’s nature photography captures these in-transition landscapes in vivid hues and alien geometries, from close-ups of jellyfish-like crystal deposits to aerial shots of what scans like the surface of Mars.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The temple’s foundation deposits also contained a glass plaque confirming it was dedicated to the goddess Isis, the deity Cleopatra identified with during her reign from 51 BCE to 30 BCE.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The gallery is home to the royal collection of hardstone vessels, which include a variety of treasures carved from minerals like agate, amethyst and jade.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday morning, two bandits used a lift on a truck to break into its Galerie d'Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels and other treasures, through a second-floor window.
    NPR, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Sinking funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinking%20funds. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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