slush funds

plural of slush fund

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush funds
Noun
  • Without being able to compute directly from real stimuli, perceptual models could capture ideas in theory but fail simple real-world tests.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Our amygdala is overactive, our nervous systems are fried and our dopamine cycles are hijacked by short-term stimuli.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act offered many incentives for the development of these alternative energy sources.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Germany scrapped incentives to boost purchases of fully electric vehicles about two years ago, a policy change that led to a sharp drop in demand for fully electric vehicles, initially.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If the church isn't true to what ought to be part of its core message, don't be surprised if other people come along and fill in the gaps from their own motivations.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Cooperation turns into conflict Even countries that share common goals or values sometimes compete, and the motivations are rarely simple.
    Kaleb Demerew, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Here, gravitational tides between the galaxies pull gas out of each other, forming the bridge and associated spurs.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In truth, there were many factors behind the fall of the Soviet Union — Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars program and other geopolitical provocations, the drop in oil prices, drastic leadership mistakes like the war in Afghanistan, a misguided alcohol policy, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev’s reforms.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Returning to the status quo ante would signal that Beijing seeks to relax cross-strait tensions and will escalate only in response to new provocations.
    STEPHEN WERTHEIM, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Slush funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20funds. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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