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Recent Examples of rainy day
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainy day
Noun
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Sutton followed Hylton-Brown into a narrow alley, turned off his car’s emergency lights and siren and accelerated.—
Janelle Griffith,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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While the club itself has not been directly affected by the fires, the still uncontained fires have already forced the relocation and rescheduling of other professional sporting events in the city to avoid drawing emergency personnel and resources away from Los Angeles’ ongoing emergency response.—
Brody Miller,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After more than a year of bombardment and deprivation, all of Gaza’s children are in urgent need of support UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell issued a statement on Jan. 15, 2025 welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure.—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2025
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What to know:Lawmakers have pressed TSU to declare financial exigency.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
1 Jan. 2025
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Declarations of financial exigency, mergers and outright closures are also likely to increase.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainy%20day. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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