as in deposit
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
paid for the computer out of his nest egg
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Recent Examples of nest egg
The higher your income and the bigger your retirement income nest egg, the more valuable the Mega Backdoor Roth can be for your household.
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David Rae, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Older age brackets tend to have larger nest eggs, but even workers who are nearing retirement often fall short.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
America’s retirement savings system has been frozen in place for the past 20 years, leaving workers with limited options for growing their nest eggs even as innovation transformed the investing landscape.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Some lose more than $100,000 to fraud Unfortunately, some people are losing huge chunks of their retirement nest eggs to elaborate ongoing forms of fraud.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nest egg
David Rae, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Older age brackets tend to have larger nest eggs, but even workers who are nearing retirement often fall short.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
America’s retirement savings system has been frozen in place for the past 20 years, leaving workers with limited options for growing their nest eggs even as innovation transformed the investing landscape.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Some lose more than $100,000 to fraud Unfortunately, some people are losing huge chunks of their retirement nest eggs to elaborate ongoing forms of fraud.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nest egg
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest egg
Noun
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He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condominium deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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While small companies going out of business and leaving some customers empty handed can happen, the transactions are typically for much smaller amounts, such as deposits on furniture, according to Rheingold.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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In the latest round of budget offers Thursday evening, the House didn’t include money for two programs championed by first lady Casey DeSantis — a cancer research innovation fund and a food testing program.—
Gray Rohrer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Instead of multiple private insurance companies, a single fund collects money (usually through taxes) and pays doctors, hospitals, and other providers for covered care.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Self said there’s a lot of uncertainty among schools in the Big 12, SEC, Big Ten and ACC because budgets are ballooning past the revenue-share distribution those programs are allotted by their schools.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Councilmember Mai Vang was against sacrificing the ambassadors and again advocated to cut some long-vacant police department positions which could free up millions of dollars in the budget.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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“Nest egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest%20egg. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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