trust funds

Definition of trust fundsnext
plural of trust fund
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Noun
  • The City Council directed the city auditor to review its contracts with the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness, an agency that has received city funds to support efforts around homelessness.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
  • The recovery in achievement rates in the highest poverty districts, the report notes, seems to largely be due to federal relief funds given to state and local governments that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Connor Greene, Time, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Beyond the taxpayer savings, the environmental and health benefits are clear.
    Justin Sanchez, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • In addition to these benefits of hyaluronic acid, the ingredient can address fine lines and wrinkles.
    Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • The same district whose tragedy nearly shattered a community, yet set in place the lives — good or bad, right or wrong — and legacies that followed.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
  • The center's museum will include four floors of immersive and interactive exhibits that explore the work and legacies of Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.
    Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Almost all the land was in the hands of oligarchic families or in the hands of mosques, the mosque endowments, and at the emancipation of women, giving women the right to vote.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • Some might suggest universities spend more of their endowments, which can be in the billions of dollars, as a way to address financial problems, but that approach has significant limitations.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The other category payments include bonus incentives, settlements, vacation or sick leave buybacks, stipends, and reimbursements for expenses like mileage or uniforms, according to the city dataset.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Trustees have yet to take a final vote on how to reduce the $181 million deficit, but with campus staff cuts, elementary arts programming and teacher stipends on the list of proposals, community members' swift backlash may foreshadow difficult conversations to come.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Packages start at $1,200 and include eclipse-day ground transfers, meals and baggage allowances for telescopes and photography equipment.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Since then, the California Air Resources Board has conducted quarterly auctions of emission allowances, collecting a total of $35 billion dollars so far, which, in theory, is being spent on projects that would reduce emissions.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • With his plans to cap his college partners at 30, Davis contends that those that spurned Avo’s advances will eventually come to regret it.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
  • The result was radar, penicillin, and the foundations for later advances in biological research and information technology.
    David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026
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“Trust funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20funds. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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