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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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Over the past two weeks, the group’s team of five emergency vets — including several others loaned out by other shelters — have been working around the clock tending to the numerous animals injured in the blazes.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The relationship between dieting and food cravings is complicated, but some studies show that food deprivation increases cravings.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
27 Jan. 2025
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Another 2021 study found that sleep deprivation increased levels of cortisol during interpersonal conflict.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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What to know:Lawmakers have pressed TSU to declare financial exigency.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainy%20day. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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