Thesaurus results for TRUST FUND

trust fund

noun

Definition of trust fund

as in benefit

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Recent Examples of trust fund Leaders elected to the Senate this fall will be in office in late 2032, when the Social Security retirement trust fund is now projected to run out. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 23 June 2026 Social Security’s main trust fund is projected to run short in 2032, raising the possibility of across‑the‑board benefit cuts. — Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The Social Security trust fund, which supports over 75 million Americans, is projected to dry up in 2032. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 23 June 2026 The Social Security trust fund will run dry in 2032, unless Congress combines the program's old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in 2034, the report found. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trust fund

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Noun

If an employer chooses to grant recognition, no election takes place, and the parties begin bargaining a contract that sets standards for wages, working conditions and benefits.

— Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Sign up for an Amazon Prime membership to get exclusive perks and benefits all year, including grocery delivery.

— Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of benefit

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Videberg Kraft was the first to apply for state aid in December.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
Revenue such as sales taxes, hotel fees, utility franchise fees, paramedic fees, building permits, parking meters, grants and state aid weigh heavily in the budget conversation, but the city has far less control over their ups and downs.

— Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 June 2026

Definition of state aid

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This is not the marketing plan of a legacy artist content on calling it a day and merely leaning on her deepest core of longtime fans to buy a record.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Five of those have powered each variant of Russia’s R-7 rocket family since the 1950s, a legacy now carried on by the Soyuz launch vehicle.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

Definition of legacy

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Rodríguez said emergency economic measures will include relief funds for victims and temporary waivers on documentation and property registration fees to facilitate housing relocation.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
State funds will cover half of the incentive amount, and auto manufacturers will cover the other half.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of fund

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Still, Power is holding onto hope that there's enough bipartisan support for foreign aid in Washington that the agency could be reconstituted in some form in the future.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 3 July 2026
Although both militaries have procured a large number of artillery pieces through foreign aid, domestic development, and refurbishing older systems, these losses are very significant.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of foreign aid

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The government also moved up dates of end-of-year school exams to free classrooms for voting stations and teachers, who are usually called upon to staff polling stations in exchange for a daily allowance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
State air regulators recently approved updates to the program that could halve a pot of money the state receives from allowance sales to fund climate, transportation and other initiatives.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of allowance

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Kinshasa hopes the bourse, which will list securities in both the local currency and the US dollar, will tap into global interest in its mineral endowments.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
The legislature approved a $50 million operations endowment, requiring library planners to raise $100 million in private donations, a goal met in 2020.

— Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Definition of endowment

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Patients also did not yet have access to blood transfusions, anesthesia and other lifesaving medical advances, according to the CDC, NLM and NIH.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Thousands of fans packed Bayfront Park in Miami for Fan Fest to watch Team USA advance in the World Cup, cheering through rain and celebrating the win together.

— Anna McAllister, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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