Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush funds
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Being in an unfamiliar place, getting poor sleep, and constant stimuli from lights and noise all contribute to delirium.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 proteins play in sensing mechanical stimuli.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Good Jobs First report recommends that all states fully report their losses from data center tax breaks, including how those incentives affect local revenue streams.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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While the sales increases in some cases were aided by tax incentives and new emissions rules, the figures point to how global fleets are rapidly electrifying in response to the war in Iran.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Swapping numbers can result from different motivations, Mann explained.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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In a cast populated by characters with shifting motivations, Eunice mostly comes off as a plot device that features more or less prominently depending on what’s going on with everyone else.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Columbine is an early-season bloomer with nectar-rich spurs, giving your garden a head start in spring.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Pairing it with columbine, an early-season bloomer with nectar-rich spurs, ensures your garden has food available from the start.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
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So, who was it from our universe that would be most susceptible to that kind of messaging, or who would find the seductions of the power offered by that the most compelling?—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2026
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But the seductions of ChatGPT are hard to resist, and Marsicano noted that the college has seen an increase in code violations due to AI.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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Both Hungarian and American news organizations reported that a Russian intelligence team had set up in Budapest to amplify Orbán’s social-media campaign, and perhaps to stage provocations.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
13 Apr. 2026
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But each co-sign now lands differently, refracted through the unresolved fallout of his antisemitic remarks and provocations.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Slush funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20funds. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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