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Recent Examples of trust fund
What’s Quietly Working Against You Social Security’s primary trust fund is projected to face depletion by 2032 without legislative action, though depletion doesn’t mean elimination.
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
While much of the trust fund was lost during the stock market crash of 2008, the remaining funds were used to purchase a home.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Once that trust fund is gone—absent a tax increase on current workers or some other change—beneficiaries would suffer an immediate 23 percent cut in payments.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Her solution to extend the life of the trust fund safety net is to reduce the maximum amount of social security income.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
While much of the trust fund was lost during the stock market crash of 2008, the remaining funds were used to purchase a home.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Once that trust fund is gone—absent a tax increase on current workers or some other change—beneficiaries would suffer an immediate 23 percent cut in payments.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Her solution to extend the life of the trust fund safety net is to reduce the maximum amount of social security income.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trust fund
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Across its work, Quail Group continues to emphasize that operational improvement benefits from a clear understanding of both systems and human behavior.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some of their posts hawking these bulbs get millions of views, which might have more to do with how orange pops on a blue screen than with the health benefits.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, which has complained about state aid for decades, was very happy about the latest development.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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While defeating the two measures has relieved many property owners in South Hadley, budget shortfalls due to dwindling state aid and fading federal pandemic-era funds are causing local governments to search high and low for new sources of funding.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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When their owner and driver are killed in a crash, the owner’s widow, Virginia, must rally her fractured family to save the team, protect their legacy, and chase a championship.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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That legacy has held strong for generations.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
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All this in an environment where politicians like Jeff Bridges (running for state treasurer who lives in the Cherry Creek school district) whine and snivel about his associates in the teachers’ union not having the funds to effectively teach our kids.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Small municipalities typically have neither the expertise nor the funds to adequately secure their infrastructure, leaving them open to intrusion.—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Karex’s condom stockpiles have decreased due to significant cuts in foreign aid spending.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The administration has refused to spend money Congress has appropriated, like for foreign aid, and has spent money that Congress has not appropriated, like to pay DHS employees despite a shutdown.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Such allowances of single drivers in carpool lanes are fairly rare in Southern California, but more common in Northern California.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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The city required that bidders provide the unit cost for most of the items typically encountered when replacing lead service lines, and has set up an allowance for items that cannot be detailed.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Turkey shored up this power, its military and mercenaries and economic might and arms sales and technological advances, resembling its long-time ally the United States, as much as Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, or Iran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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The center will be powered by the IBM Quantum System Two, a modular computer that combines quantum and classical architecture to explore the nearly incalculable advances in technology the new field may bring.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust%20fund. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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