rainy day

noun

: a period of want or need
saving for a rainy day
rainy-day adjective

Examples of rainy day in a Sentence

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Here is the reality of the Hogan surplus and the handoff to the Moore administration: Hogan left Moore $2.5 billion in the rainy day fund. Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025 Connecticut’s rainy day fund held $1.2 billion when Lamont reassigned $381 million to maneuver around bond covenants and refinance the teachers’ pension. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025 Money, money, money: Georgia is sitting on $16.5 billion — that's with a big ole b — in rainy day and reserve funding, some of which could fund a state aid program for Hurricane Helene victims. Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025 Newsom’s proposal for the 2025-2026 budget, unveiled Friday, has plans to pull $7.1 billion from the state’s rainy day reserve fund. Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025 Spectators numbered nearly 20,000 that rainy day to visit the largest Macy’s in California and the first major department store to be constructed in California in more than a decade, according to newspapers. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025 But for an everyday winter jacket (rainy days aside), this isn't a huge dealbreaker. Madison Yauger, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025 Then there's Wu's backup plan: The city could issue some residential tax rebates from its rainy day fund. Steph Solis, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025 Over the next five years, Sacramento secured a rainy day fund and achieved a budget surplus for the first time in seven years. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1580, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rainy day was circa 1580

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“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy%20day. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

rainy day

noun
: a period of need or want
set a little money aside for a rainy day
rainy-day adjective

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