How to Use in-kind in a Sentence

in-kind

adjective
  • Any in-kind donations help as well, like tents and sleeping bags.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
  • All told, there was over $30 million in cash and in-kind donations.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Others are handing out change in-kind, making customers whole with juice boxes, pens or slices of cheese.
    — Gabriele Steinhauser, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The cost to the city is $2 per capita each year, but in-kind labor and services can be applied to this amount.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Phenom Films Award, an in-kind prize worth $38,500.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Puzzles will be sold through community partners, which will serve as in-kind sponsors.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The city will provide in-kind security again this year, Taylor said.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
  • The in-kind services might be pro bono accounting, marketing or legal services.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Trump, who has run all three of his campaigns on a platform of negativity and fear, was often met with a response in-kind.
    — Charles Kay, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Their films, along with three African projects, are eligible for a baker’s dozen of cash and in-kind post-production awards.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Some are in-kind, manufacturers have promised to make drugs that are developed through this consortium.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • And some nonprofits have engaged in providing their own direct, in-kind assistance.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The plans called for removing an existing 70-foot-tall light pole near the softball field and replacing it with an in-kind pole.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The government would treat help from family, such as food or housing as 'in-kind support' and count it against the recipient.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Susan, the waitress, had become one of us, a traveler in-kind, making tracks across the incredibly busy pub.
    — J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
  • There is a stipulation that says in-kind options can be negotiated, but what that means has also been kept quiet.
    — Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
  • The payment-in-kind mechanism matters enormously here.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Applicants for the grants will be required to match grant awards with cash, in-kind labor, or in-kind land, according to the governor's office.
    — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
  • Last year, the organization raised $70 million in cash and in-kind donations.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • As part of the sponsorship committee, she has been involved in raising cash and in-kind sponsorships for the Showhouse.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The only ads in the first issue are in-kind ads for other magazines, including n+1 and The Drift.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Tribute was little more than an in-kind tax, and there was legitimate doubt over how seriously even that obligation was taken.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That lines up with the policy change where food was no longer counted as in-kind support, which helped boost eligibility and benefit amounts.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That figure should have been reported as an in-kind contribution to Ashcroft’s campaign, the complaint argues.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • Trusted partners are worth investing in because trust is returned in-kind and serves as a critical building block to a strong relationship.
    — Guy Diedrich, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • The cities will kick in the remaining $250,000 in funding and in-kind contributions.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There have been in-kind donations, and the city has contributed materials such as gravel and decomposed granite for walking paths.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • The proposal would also eliminate other penalties for in-kind support, such as food or shelter provided by friends or family.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Johnson said the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has helped out with in-kind donations.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Sidman also made $1,303 in in-kind donations to herself, according to her report.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024

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