Thesaurus results for TRUST FUND

trust fund

noun

Definition of trust fund

as in benefit

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Recent Examples of trust fund At least this structure can route some outside money to children with no 529, no trust fund and no family balance sheet. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Among them was a Washington, DC, think tank, which recently caused a stir with a report proposing to cap annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 to shore up the retirement trust fund. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Thus, simply repaying the trust fund and deporting the immigrants would restore Social Security to permanent solvency. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 The money comes from a $250 million trust fund set up by the Legislature to help cover the expenses incurred by law enforcement agencies working to meet a new state mandate to assist the federal government in rounding up and deporting immigrants. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trust fund

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Noun

Zverev benefits from his coming later, but even that could have felt like reaching the mountain top, instead of a pit stop along the way.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 12 July 2026
This dual-use technology presents both immense upsides for mental health support and considerable downsides, necessitating careful management to mitigate harm and maximize benefits in this global experiment.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of benefit

Noun

Videberg Kraft was the first to apply for state aid in December.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Revenue such as sales taxes, hotel fees, utility franchise fees, paramedic fees, building permits, parking meters, grants and state aid weigh heavily in the budget conversation, but the city has far less control over their ups and downs.

— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 June 2026

Definition of state aid

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Kelly looks into the camera and declares the Fairway attorney and former Obama Commerce Department official has the strength, judgment and backbone to continue her legacy.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
The economic incentives are real, but a lot of organizations are stuck trying to layer autonomous systems onto legacy infrastructure.

— Ivo Ivanov, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of legacy

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This concentration of capital in AI leaves smaller, middle-of-the-road venture funds without large AI holdings struggling to return capital to their investors.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
In all, the foundation, backed by multi-billionaires Henry and Susan Samueli, said the two funds will give about $15 million to 89 nonprofits.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

Definition of fund

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Cuts to foreign aid in the last year are estimated to have resulted in more than 750,000 preventable deaths.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Still, Power is holding onto hope that there's enough bipartisan support for foreign aid in Washington that the agency could be reconstituted in some form in the future.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 3 July 2026

Definition of foreign aid

Noun

Collection allowances, administrative discounts, exemptions and jurisdiction-specific credits are often underutilized, especially in lean teams managing compliance across multiple states or product lines.

— Ryan Padget, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The program will now include a new mechanism, the manufacturing decarbonization incentive, that allows polluters to apply for and receive up to 118 million new allowances in exchange for investments in decarbonization projects.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of allowance

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What was once a niche institutional strategy has become a significant allocation in endowment, pension, and family office portfolios, and the asset class is increasingly accessible to high-net-worth individual investors through new structures.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
But this anniversary year, the endowment has placed a particular emphasis on national pride.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of endowment

Noun

The band headlined a May 28, 1976, date that was cobbled together with little advance at Riviera Theatre, where an enthusiastic crowd spurred three encores.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Digital twin advances The research team demonstrated the platform’s sim-to-real transfer capabilities by developing a robotic application entirely within the simulation and deploying it to the physical iMETRO facility in less than a day.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

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