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Recent Examples of trust fund
The trust funds that help pay Social Security benefits to millions of Americans are due to run out of money in less than a decade.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The Social Security program has been staring down a financial crunch for years, although the trust funds' depletion date can change from year to year due to fluctuations in the economy and the number of beneficiaries.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 June 2025
The Social Security and Medicare trust funds generate revenue through a payroll tax paid by employees and employers, setting the income apart from the overall federal budget.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 June 2025
This is not an unfamiliar situation—the trust funds faced insolvency back in the early 1980s.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
The Social Security program has been staring down a financial crunch for years, although the trust funds' depletion date can change from year to year due to fluctuations in the economy and the number of beneficiaries.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 June 2025
The Social Security and Medicare trust funds generate revenue through a payroll tax paid by employees and employers, setting the income apart from the overall federal budget.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 June 2025
This is not an unfamiliar situation—the trust funds faced insolvency back in the early 1980s.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trust fund
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Florida’s Coral Reef provides more than $355 million a year in flood protection benefits to buildings and preserves nearly $320 million in annual economic activity.—
Rafe Pomerance,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Like a killer app, the horse at first seemed to offer huge advantages and immediate benefits.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
6 July 2025
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Numbers are also complicated by changes in the California Dream Act Application, which was established for students lacking documentation to apply for state aid but has expanded to allow students who are citizens and have an undocumented parent.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2025
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So state aid is not likely, especially since the Palisades fire area was previously among the state’s wealthiest enclaves, with an abundance of home valued at more than $3 million.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
14 June 2025
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Choose the shady side of the street or the deep shade of our parks, greenbelts, legacy neighborhoods, college campuses and, yes, the Texas Capitol grounds.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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From career-defining moments to the evolution of sports and culture, this conversation will go beyond stats and highlights to uncover the mindset, challenges, and legacy of a true game-changer.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 July 2025
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Artist Alex Israel and eyewear brand Oliver Peoples have their sights set on a chic way to raise funds for wildfire recovery for Los Angeles.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
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The fund is part of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, a tax-exempt organization.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Having a robust foreign aid operation is about soft power and influence.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The ordinance also increases the grave marker allowance for a veteran and the veteran’s spouse from $60 to $90.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Ask yourself how the allowance for more time for something to take shape will affect what happens down the road.—
Karyn Gallant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Washington University has seen its endowment balloon in recent years—at the end of fiscal 2021, the endowment netted a mind-boggling 65% return (the median return for college endowments that year was 27%), which brought its value from $9.6 billion to $15.3 billion.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The law increases the tax to 8% on the near-trillion dollars of bloated university endowments — money that was never taxed.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
9 July 2025
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Reservations to use the all-terrain wheelchairs must be made at least four days in advance through Reserve America.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Looking Ahead: Thinking about this in advance is a wonderful idea and a beautiful sentiment.—
R Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20fund. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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