How to Use sweat equity in a Sentence
sweat equity
noun- He's built up a lot of sweat equity in his house.
- He put countless hours of sweat equity into that old house.
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The same task can be accomplished with a pruning saw and sweat equity.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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By that point, the project was moving along but still fragile, dependent on the sweat equity of O’Connor than any real resources.
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Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
7 Apr. 2026
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What the program asks of you in return The 200 hours of sweat equity is the part of the program that surprises some applicants.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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Volunteer Pass The Volunteer Pass requires a bit of sweat equity.
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Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Beyond seed money, growing Tempus from a startup to a $13 billion company has also required a lot of sweat equity from Lefkofsky.
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Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tax auction properties could theoretically seem like a wonderful opportunity for an investor or first-time homebuyer to take on a fixer property and use sweat equity to affordably acquire a home or rental.
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Graham Womack
may 18,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Applicants must also provide 200 hours of sweat equity, such as volunteering or in construction, and attend 20 hours of home maintenance training and financial classes.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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So when the siblings decided to go in on a funky cabin in upstate New York’s Sullivan County—the former abode of postwar artist and textile designer Anthony Ballatore—it was assumed there would be creative sweat equity involved.
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Elizabeth Kiefer,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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