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trust fund

noun

Definition of trust fund

as in benefit

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Recent Examples of trust fund The trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits is expected to run dry in six years, at which point those monthly checks would be funded only by payroll taxes. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Among them was a Washington think tank that caused a stir with a paper that proposed capping annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 to shore up the retirement trust fund. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 To be sure, Social Security's trust fund is six years away from becoming insolvent, at which point the 70 million people who receive monthly benefits could see a 22% cut to their payments. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 The county also wants to waive a requirement to keep at least $10 million in reserves in EEL’s trust fund. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trust fund

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Although law firms are beginning to embrace the benefits of generative AI, the technology apparently makes many law schools squeamish.

— Sian Leah Beilock, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Through 2070, South Florida could see $2 of benefits for every $1 invested in community adaptations, like seawall construction and beach nourishment.

— Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefit

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An already difficult path Students who are temporary residents or in the country without legal permission already had to navigate a series of requirements to receive state aid.

— Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Once again, the best sign that Venezuela’s ready for the dollar is that pretty much everyone not employed by the government, or receiving state aid or pensions in bolivar, is using the world’s most prized and safest currency.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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Its legacy animates both movements seeking greater inclusion and campaigns promising to restore a national unity defined in racial or cultural terms.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
His legacy of hope and service live on a quarter century after his death when the south tower collapsed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of legacy

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The shift injects yet another element of volatility into the work of the federal division in charge of administering billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to states and schools to help students with disabilities.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
In 2011, after a near-decade of advocacy on the part of first responders, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, which established the WTC Health Program and reopened the compensation fund.

— Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fund

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The conflict, and cuts to foreign aid have disrupted routine vaccinations and other assistance.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Bajracharya, however, said he was told the funding was cut because of changes to US administration priorities on foreign aid and cuts to USAID.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of foreign aid

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Over the past five years, the endowment has gone up by about $7 million.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Lawrence, who has represented Dior since 2012, will present the grand prize, which comes with a cash endowment of 400,000 euros and mentorship by the French luxury conglomerate’s teams.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of endowment

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Researchers in the United States are shaping the nanoscience frontier, using atomic‑scale control to accelerate advances in electronics, energy storage, catalysis, sensing and medicine.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
But even with all our medical advances, the biggest factors that shape health are still social, and a family’s income remains one of the strongest and most lasting.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

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