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Americans will be able to sock away more in their workplace retirement plans, before taxes, in 2025.—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024 Depending on your financial situation, socking away that much cash could take pretty serious adjustments, such as living with roommates or picking up a side hustle to boost your income.—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024 In 2022, Chinese savers were estimated to sock away over $2.6 trillion in the domestic Chinese banking sector.—Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The more than $2 trillion Americans socked away from stimulus checks and hunkering down at home during COVID restrictions has vanished, according to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sock away
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Etymology
from the practice of concealing savings in the toe of a sock
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