How to Use rainy day fund in a Sentence

rainy day fund

noun

• The law back then capped the rainy day fund at just 5% of the General Fund.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2022
• There is still $750 million left in the city’s rainy day fund.
  — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• The rainy day fund is now about 10% of the general fund, up from 5%.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2019
• Several groups have called on the state to use its rainy day fund.
  — USA TODAY, 21 June 2020
• How many of us have a rainy day fund, that is really for a rainy day?
  — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• To help out, the state should also have $322 million in its rainy day fund by next year.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
• With the transfer, the rainy day fund has hit its limit, by law, of $554.8 million.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Stewart’s plan would leave the rainy day fund at $18 million.
  — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 11 Apr. 2018
• The state’s rainy day fund of about $1.3 billion is available to cover the short-term shortfall.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
• So there's a lot of things like K through 12 funding and highway funding and rainy day fund.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2022
• If a deficit remains in June, city officials will have to draw down the balance from the city’s rainy day fund.
  — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2021
• That will force the program to dip into a rainy day fund that will be depleted in about 15 years.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2019
• Long known for its low taxes, Cobb has a top credit rating, and a large rainy day fund.
  — Brian Eason, ajc, 17 Mar. 2022
• As the loan is repaid, the money would be deposited into the state’s rainy day fund.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• To the plus side for Lamont, the state is in its third year of revenue growth, surpluses, and a fat rainy day fund.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2022
• Lawmakers used some of the state’s rainy day fund to pay for the spending increases.
  — Russell Blair, courant.com, 10 May 2018
• The state’s emergency or rainy day fund has a balance of about $10 billion.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
• His intention is not to cut off funding to the bureau—not yet, at least—but rather to drain its rainy day fund.
  — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 18 Jan. 2018
• As for its use, the rainy day fund can go toward any type of operating expense in the city.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021
• That could be retirement, putting aside funds to start a business, or building a rainy day fund.
  — Ellen Sheng, Marie Claire, 16 Jan. 2019
• The rainy day fund could also be used to reduce the budgetary gaps that Hartford schools grapple with each year.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• The city is dipping into its rainy day fund to close the gap, cutting the budget and reducing hours for city staff.
  — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 18 June 2020
• Ducey said the state was pressured to pass a balanced budget in previous years and bolstered the state’s rainy day fund.
  — Cole Lauterbach, Washington Examiner, 31 July 2020
• What officials can’t do with the money is use it to cut taxes, pay down debt or bolster the state rainy day fund.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
• Lamont came to office with a $1.2 billion cushion in the rainy day fund.
  — Mark Pazniokas and Keith M. Phaneuf, courant.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• Herbold, Morales, Mosqueda and González want to use $13 million from the city’s rainy day fund; Durkan opposes that.
  — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
• McDermott said the money should come from the state’s nearly $2 billion rainy day fund.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2018
• Our rainy day fund is still fully throttle at $3-plus billion ...
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 21 May 2021
• The entire budget reserve — commonly known as the rainy day fund — cannot hold more than 15% of the General Fund by law.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2023
• The rainy day fund is at its legal maximum, holding $3.3 billion.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024