slush funds

noun

plural of slush fund
as in stimuli

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  1. stimuli
  2. incentives
  3. motivations
  4. spurs
  5. seductions
  6. incitements
  7. provocations
Noun
  • How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
  • Chung recently received her first award from the National Institutes of Health for a research project to understand how genetically identical cells respond differently to stimuli, such as treatments or environmental cues.
    — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Definition of stimuli
Noun
  • However, domestic flights remain limited, expensive and unpredictable, while ferry services are irregular and the maritime sector struggles with aging fleets and weak incentives to improve.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • As far as the actual economic incentives, the cost of living is much lower over there.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • One of the key motivations behind the ballot measure effort was to curb road deaths in the city.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • Min-ji now understands more about her father’s past and motivations, and no longer sees him as a timid man who would rather bow than fight.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 27 July 2026
Definition of motivations
Noun
  • One exhibit brings together the then-future president’s buckskin jacket and pants, his rifle, Tiffany knife, his spurs, and his branding irons.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
  • But aside from gifting Zane with spurs, Beth’s more or less a spectator through all of the Jackson family drama.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Definition of spurs
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  • Wallen specializes in whiskey-drunk seductions to skeptical girls who can’t resist his charms.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
  • So, who was it from our universe that would be most susceptible to that kind of messaging, or who would find the seductions of the power offered by that the most compelling?
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of seductions
Noun
  • This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of incitements
Noun
  • The event didn’t come together, but his provocations got a lot of attention.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Nevertheless, the movie’s influence and filmmaking acumen are undeniable, and any serious horror enthusiast needs to grapple with its provocations.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of provocations
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“Slush funds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20funds. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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