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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cumshaw
Noun
  • Luxury tax is based on payrolls with average annual values that include benefits and the pre-arbitration bonus pool.
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Proceeds benefit local charities through The Woman’s Club of Casselberry. 2 p.m. the second and fourth Sunday of the month, The Woman’s Club of Casselberry, 251 Overbrook Drive, Casselberry, $5 for 10 games plus two optional bonus games, 407-947-2747.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Adams partly made good on the bribes by forcing the FDNY to disregard safety concerns and prematurely open a Midtown skyscraper housing Turkey’s consulate in time for a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the case alleges.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The bribes started at $1,000 a week in 2013 and snowballed into $10,000 bonuses and expensive gifts including an Apple MacBook, a John Deere tractor with a backhoe and loader, home bathroom fixtures and free electrical work, among other things, according to Foley’s office.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Yzerman’s Alex DeBrincat deal two summers ago, for example, is paying significant dividends, with DeBrincat already up to 29 goals this season.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Below is a long-term dividend history chart for HPE, which the report stressed as being of key importance.
    Dividend Channel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to the Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation gift, the program will be free in the fall of 2025.
    Lauren Smith, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Many have encouraged others to lean into their unique journeys, explaining that personal style is a reflection of trial and error, not just an inherent gift.
    Daisy Maldonado, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the ‘gravy train’ going.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Biden never tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy probably wants to keep the 'gravy train' going.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Cumshaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cumshaw. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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