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Recent Examples of slush fund
Do billions in grants to elite universities fund life-saving technologies of the future or just constitute a slush fund for woke indoctrination?
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 May 2025
Source: University reports The endowment is not a piggy bank
University endowments, though occasionally staggering in size, are not slush funds.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Those funds went to the chancellor’s office, part of a slush fund that paid for lavish dinners at the chancellor’s La Jolla mansion, unnecessary travel and other wastes.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
The key is to avoid letting your money sit idle and turn into a nameless slush fund.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 16 May 2025
Source: University reports The endowment is not a piggy bank
University endowments, though occasionally staggering in size, are not slush funds.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Those funds went to the chancellor’s office, part of a slush fund that paid for lavish dinners at the chancellor’s La Jolla mansion, unnecessary travel and other wastes.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
The key is to avoid letting your money sit idle and turn into a nameless slush fund.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
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What experts definitely agree on is that vagus nerve stimulation has real medical power, and scientists are just beginning to explore its full potential.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2025
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Today’s young people face a landscape of social fragmentation, relentless digital stimulation, and uncertain futures.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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The actor discussed his character's motivations in a 2024 interview with TV Insider.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some of you may have felt a deep motivation to change your identity, embrace new horizons or shake up your life’s destiny.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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To him, animal behavior was largely based on stimulus and response.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
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The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Tesla had a first-mover advantage in China in 2013, leveraging the government’s support of EVs with subsidies and incentives and its production base and opening a gigafactory in Shanghai in 2019.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Livermore and Alameda officials unsuccessfully offered their own tax incentive packages.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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There is agency at work in this seduction—not his, not mine, but theirs.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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The whole scene is a masterclass in femme seduction, the kind that could have only been directed by a lesbian.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Eager to get a return on investment on their leases—as well as spur collaboration—companies have turned to creative office perks to lure workers back into the workplace.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In both cases, the suspect allegedly jammed a knife into the victim's throat from behind with no warning or provocation.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s unsubstantiated claims that NATO is plotting armed provocations against Transnistria could be a pretext for Moscow’s meddling in Moldova, raising concerns about further military aggression in the region.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University two weeks ago has shaken the nation and reignited debate over the line between free speech and incitement.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Sep. 2025
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This new test specified that two separate conditions must be satisfied before speech can be punished as incitement.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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