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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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The deficit watchdog released a projection Monday that Trump would move up the Social Security trust fund's insolvency by three years.
—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
The impending financial shortfall in the Social Security trust fund is another area of bipartisan concern.
—Dan Doonan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
However, the trust fund Social Security relies on to pay retirement benefits may run out even sooner, in 2033.
—Kevin Breuninger,lorie Konish, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
But after the spike in layoffs during the Great Recession, several states opted to replenish their unemployment trust funds by reducing benefits instead of hiking taxes on employers, Evermore said.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 21 Oct. 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 5 Nov. 2024.
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trust fund
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