sinking fund

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Recent Examples of sinking fund Goal setting and category tracking YNAB is well-equipped to help its users set and track financial goals, such as building a sinking fund for car maintenance. Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 17 June 2026 The Innovation Grant money could finance that sinking fund, according to Ruggini. Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Nov. 2025 For those who attend multiple weddings per year, a wedding guest sinking fund is probably a good idea. Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 Borrowers may look to sinking funds as a way to help plan for potential student loan debt cancellation. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once. Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinking fund
Noun
  • The stronger-than-expected numbers have fed funds futures traders betting on a Federal Reserve rate hike this month, as the data points to a resilient labor market alongside inflation still above the Fed’s 2% target.
    Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In mid-2025, for example, Congress clawed back nearly $8 billion in foreign assistance funds.
    Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Webster broke even for the past two years without help from its nest egg.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • By the Labor Department’s own math, 1% in additional fees can shrink a nest egg at retirement by 28%.
    Teddy Amenabar, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Most of the treasure’s weight comes from bars, jewelry and silver clips, with coins only making up a small part of it.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In this exclusive excerpt, Austin discusses her decision to part with everything, and the process of combing through the home and finding the treasures Mercury left behind.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • An underwriter is not simply adding up deposits and calling it a day.
    Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The next chief executive will need to accelerate growth, improve deposit mobilization and returns, and rebuild confidence around governance and senior-management stability, global brokerage Nomura said in a report on Sunday.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Sinking fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinking%20fund. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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