How to Use financial aid in a Sentence

financial aid

noun
  • The landscape for financial aid is about to change.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The school offers financial aid based on need.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Reach out to the financial aid office at your school to discuss next steps.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Rich nations have cut off financial aid to poor nations.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
  • But Watts said the school still lacks the money to offer financial aid.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Both want to attend college but need financial aid to afford it.
    — Liz Willen, Gail Cornwall, Matt Krupnick, Kavitha Cardoza, Ariel Gilreath, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
  • All students receive some amount of financial aid.
    — Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • And the Pell Grant and other forms of financial aid have not kept pace with that.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • They weren’t allowed to apply for financial aid.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But their tens of billions of dollars’ worth of weapons and financial aid have shown mixed results.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Grants and other financial aid may be tied to certain totals.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • Colleges use the form to build financial aid offers for students.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • She’s equipped with a hefty financial aid package and a broad-brush vision of what her post-high school life will look like.
    — Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • And business owners still want financial aid in the meantime.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • But there are no strict requirements for how much a hospital should spend on financial aid.
    — Megan Garnai, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Newsweek spoke to student aid and scam experts about what to know as the financial aid season begins.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Every bit of his financial aid went to diapers and baby food.
    — D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • About 95% of students receive at least some financial aid.
    — Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • States rarely turn down financial aid from Washington.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of schools have full-need financial aid, much of which doesn’t come from loans in the wealthier schools, the private schools now.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • That can make students targets for scholarship and financial aid scams.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some of these make sense, such as help in navigating financial aid and mental health support.
    — Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Staff will be available to help students and families with questions about the change and financial aid.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The deal even suggests the Saudis will provide the group with financial aid and salary payments.
    — Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Nine in 10 students received financial aid to pay for college.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
  • This announcement stirred up mixed reactions from many survivors who still need financial aid.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Student records, financial aid files, payroll systems and donor databases all live under one roof.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Matthews said the job goes beyond the chair and should be protected from any potential financial aid drawbacks.
    — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Harvard was offering a financial aid package that covered full room and board and tuition.
    — Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Stanford opted to withdraw from the state’s student financial aid program rather than end the practice.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025

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