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Examples of trust fund in a Sentence
She paid for college out of a trust fund set up for her by her grandfather.
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Gallagher also pushed for lawmakers to advance the Trust Act, which would empower special committees to force votes on reforms to Social Security and Medicare trust funds.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Without the change, Social Security’s trustees have projected the trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits will run out in 2033, when 79% of those benefits will be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The trust funds currently hold about $2.8 trillion in assets, all invested in U.S. Treasury securities.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
At the same time, Trump's tax cut would likely hasten the insolvency of the Social Security trust fund, which relies on those income taxes for funding, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1738, in the meaning defined above
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“Trust fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20fund. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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trust fund
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