How to Use social security in a Sentence

social security

noun
  • She is living on social security.
  • He began collecting Social Security checks.
  • Have your social security card, name, address and date of birth handy.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • How about your court records and your social security numbers?
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The parents do not have social security numbers and the kids do.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • When the paramedics arrived, one of them asked for my social security number.
    — Estefania Saavedra, refinery29.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • What about my social security check?
    — Kiara Adams may 30, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
  • Her tag will emit a unique ping, akin to a social security number, that buoys in waters along the coast will be able to pick up.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2021
  • One person described it to me as a social security number for cops.
    — NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Coming back in with Nany was kind of my social security blanket.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • That includes your full name, date of birth, social security number, address and more.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The figure is comprised of wages and salaries, social security and pension costs.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Williams also said the money found on him wasn’t drug money but money from his social security check.
    — Akira Kyles, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Lisa receives no wages and contributes no funds toward her own social security in old age.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Jackson, who is retired and receives social security checks, could not afford to fix the roof on his own.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2021
  • The factory must pay rent, bank loans, and workers’ salary and social security.
    — Roban Wang, National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Money for social security is collected through taxes and placed in a trust fund.
    — Margaret Littman, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Unemployment is high, debt load is high, and cuts to pensions and social security loom.
    — Tyler Bellstrom, The New Republic, 26 July 2019
  • Her dad has not been able to obtain a birth certificate for her, and she was not assigned a social security number at birth.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
  • She is also accused of killing her son and stealing the social security funds allotted to him.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Couriers are not registered for social security and Uber can kick them off the app with no warning.
    — Martha Pskowski, The Verge, 3 July 2019
  • If no adult household members have a social security number, the applicant may leave the space blank.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • As a result, social security is a big part of our lives—but probably not a big part of our legit incoming phone calls.
    — Margaret Littman, Health.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • So programs like social security, being able to pay the troops and so much more, the government wouldn't be able to fund those programs.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Old people vote, so cuts to social security and other programs that help the aged are unlikely to succeed.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 11 May 2022
  • Once the child is born, parent's apply for their kids social security card and the legal name is solidified.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • Police said the suspect first stormed a social security office, went up to the fourth floor and fired, striking an employee in the leg.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Past studies have concluded that over 10% of those who could claim social security do not do so—some of them for fear of losing face.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
  • More than 140 countries have some type of social security program.
    — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This fund would also provide social security for climbers and support staff in mountaineering.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Feb. 2026

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