savings account

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Recent Examples of savings account The comptroller is overseeing the new education savings account program signed into law by Abbott last year. Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 Create a health savings account A couple in their mid-60s will need $345,000 to cover health care costs in retirement, according to a 2025 Fidelity Investments estimate. Brian Baker Cfa, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 Where $1,000 grows fastest Wealthy investors have more money to put into riskier investments such as tech stocks, which can bring bigger gains than retirement and savings accounts. Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026 Trump accounts - As part of the Republicans' tax plan passed in July, babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, will receive a $1,000 contribution to a savings account that will grow with the stock market. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for savings account
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Noun
  • By the time he gets called, families can be at war over decisions about dad’s house, mom’s assets or grandma’s healthcare.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Holding assets tied to the economy of a single country also counts as concentration.
    Doug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Although the condition does not have an official definition, many researchers describe it as frequent pain in the chest, shoulder, arm or armpit lasting at least three months after surgery.
    Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • His head isn’t visible; the focus of the image is the swirl of hair on the man’s chest and at his waist, pointing toward what is concealed in his trunks.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Savings account.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savings%20account. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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