How to Use nest egg in a Sentence

nest egg

noun
  • They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.
  • Our nest egg has not shown much growth over the last several years.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • This is a strong protective nest egg.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That’s the simplest way to restore your nest egg and get back to growth.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But, please, don't bet every buck in your nest egg on that notion.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • My planner’s fee, as is common, is based on the size of my nest egg.
    — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Build your nest egg without a 401(k).
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Even in the best of times, a college-tour road trip feels like gambling with your nest egg.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • So, create a small nest egg to help out during those in-between times.
    — Essence, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The sale would be his chance to cash in his Mobil stock and leave with a seven‐figure nest egg.
    — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • Click on this link, answer a few questions — and watch your nest egg vanish.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Do your best to create a nest egg of at least six months’ worth of your expenses.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Our parents worked hard all their lives and left both my brother and me a pretty good nest egg.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Why not build a nutritional nest egg?
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • An Eagle couple trusted him for years to guard their nest egg.
    — Audrey Dutton, idahostatesman, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The pawn shop was supposed to provide a nest egg for Lex Hilliard.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Laffer’s advice was to be careful and not to risk blowing her nest egg.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Plus, your property can become a nest egg as the mortgage is paid down.
    — Heidi Mitchell, Esquire, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Meier intended to use her credit to build up a nest egg after years of grad school.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Anyway, Grant is looking for someone to build a nest egg with.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The second step is to decide how much of your income and nest egg to keep in dollars.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Spend some of your spare time deciding the best ways to create a nest egg for the future.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 29 July 2019
  • Long-term investing is the key to securing your nest egg.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This may have brought a raise, a bonus or just an opportunity to bump up your nest egg.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The good news is that preparing for these costs will keep them from eating into your nest egg.
    — Chris Hogan and Lizz Schumer, Woman's Day, 7 Jan. 2016
  • Doing so will reduce your 2021 tax bill and add more to your nest egg.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • All that was left of their nest egg was $57,533, which went to her husband.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, part of the goal is to build that nest egg as quickly as possible to retire early.
    — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The stocks and mutual funds in these nest eggs are chosen based on their return to the investor.
    — Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The fund itself is a sort of nest egg, seeded with oil money and grown through investments.
    — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2019

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