How to Use contingency fund in a Sentence

contingency fund

noun
  • Isn't there a contingency fund to pay for SNAP?
    — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The contingency fund that usually covers salary adjustments was reduced by 90% in the current state budget.
    — Niki Kelly, IndyStar, 24 Mar. 2026
  • When ordered to pay out of a contingency fund, money was only available for 65 percent of the maximum monthly benefit.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The contingency fund used for November's partial payment will be depleted, leaving no funds if the shutdown continues.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The current plan appears to use nearly all of the about $6 billion in the contingency fund, which is typically set aside for disasters or other unexpected needs.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Court filings reveal that the contingency fund is nearly depleted, with no money left for new applicants, disaster relief, or emergency reserves.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Designed as a contingency fund for decidedly contingency times, the Fund now provides stopgap support for programs at risk of being stranded mid-stream.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The idea of using contingency fund dollars set aside for emergencies failed, as did the idea of taking funds from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The money from that contingency fund would be distributed to the city only after LA28 covers its own costs, according to the city’s summary.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • And a $50,000 contingency fund was set up in case the center needed to be open for additional nights, to provide hotel vouchers for families or to address overflow needs.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
  • The Department of Agriculture says the contingency fund is intended to help respond to emergencies such as natural disasters.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Agriculture Department says the contingency fund is intended to help respond to emergencies such as natural disasters.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, a group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for not using the contingency fund.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Two federal judges ruled on October 31 that the administration needed to at least partially fund the benefits using an agency contingency fund of about $5 billion.
    — Leah Douglas, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • But just a few hours earlier, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins had insisted to reporters that the contingency fund could not be used even if the administration wanted to.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • If there is a post-Games deficit the city is responsible for the first $270 million after the $270 million LA28 contingency fund is exhausted.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Judge Jack McConnell, who is overseeing the case, ordered the administration to make at least partial benefits as soon as possible by tapping the contingency fund, and to investigate if other money could be used.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Earlier this week, the Agriculture Department tapped about $4 billion in a contingency fund for SNAP, which only covers about half the program's monthly budget.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On Friday, two federal judges ordered SNAP benefits to be paid from the department's contingency fund, but confusion continued over the issue Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The contingency fund is not available to support FY 2026 regular benefits, because the appropriation for regular benefits no longer exists.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The contingency fund is not available to support FY 2026 regular benefits, because the appropriation for regular benefits no longer exists.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • McConnell ordered that the administration use Section 32 funds to make up the difference between the 65% of benefits the administration planned to pay by using the contingency fund and the full value of the benefits.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has called on the agency to shift money from its contingency fund and other places to keep SNAP at least partially funded.
    — The Npr Network, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has called on the agency to shift money from its contingency fund and other places to keep SNAP at least partially funded.
    — The Npr Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has called on the agency to shift money from its contingency fund and other places to keep SNAP at least partially funded.
    — The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has called on the agency to shift money from its contingency fund and other places to keep SNAP at least partially funded.
    — The Npr Network, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • More than 200 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her to use the contingency fund to continue the program.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Councilwoman Sarah Parady announced the cost associated with those layoffs Monday during a council discussion of a proposal to use nearly $14 million in contingency fund dollars to address unplanned budget needs this year.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Under the terms of the 2021 agreement, LA28 must create a $270-million contingency fund that can be distributed as a surplus if the Games make money, or be used to cover any losses in the event of a shortfall.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • Officials also declined to use the government's contingency fund to cover federal food assistance during the shortfall—a decision overturned last week by two federal judges who ruled the government must issue either partial or full SNAP benefits.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

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