slush fund

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Recent Examples of slush fund The key is to avoid letting your money sit idle and turn into a nameless slush fund. Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Those funds went to the chancellor’s office, part of a slush fund that paid for lavish dinners at the chancellor’s La Jolla mansion, unnecessary travel and other wastes. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025 The Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), originally established to revitalize our city, has long outlived its purpose, devolving instead into a slush fund that favors private interests over the needs of taxpayers. Audrey Fesik, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025 Unfortunately, politicians can take advantage of the resulting slush funds for projects that have nothing to do with fighting blight. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slush fund
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
Noun
  • One of the main motivations for the group of firefighters during their recovery missions was to locate the missing Camp Mystic girls during their six days along the Guadalupe, Herrera said.
    Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
  • Whether on screen or behind the scenes, Whitley’s motivation remains rooted in her purpose: bringing joy to others.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • To put it into perspective, the two 2020 and one 2021 stimulus checks issued to Americans from the stimulus package totaled around $931 billion in financial relief via the stimulus checks, according to reports from the Government Accountability Office in 2022.
    Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 July 2025
  • The big story China’s economy requires more than short-term stimulus, even as deflationary pressures intensify.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • During a Monday press conference, lawmakers and The Boring Co. officials did not share details on any incentives The Boring Co. receives.
    Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
  • Loyalty programs—built through airline partnerships, premium tiers and behavioral incentives—can further deepen trust and retention.
    Baranitharan Venkatakrishnan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Like the original, the remix also explores themes of power, seduction, and excess, weaving explicit intimacy with high-end flair.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 July 2025
  • Refuse the seduction of easy answers and shallow applause.
    F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Hike the short spur trail to the Blue Bird Mine Complex to wander around historic mining structures, including the bunkhouse featured in several movies.
    Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 14 July 2025
  • Perhaps this is hindsight, but if creating a pencil with an eraser on it led to a contested patent, would an improvement on the already existing alarm clock spur on a purchase price of $600,000?
    Alex Zalben, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Some of the world recognizes this territory as Moroccan now, but there is still a war there, and the Polisario Front broke the ceasefire in 2020 after Moroccan provocation.
    Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Those guards hanging around the entrance to the nest site will attack with much less provocation, often flying out to sting someone who happens to walk within 10 feet or so.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • At a time when public trust in higher education is evaporating, faculty are stretched thin, and institutional missions are fraying under financial strain, the temptation is to become further entrenched in the status quo or surrender to inevitable decline.
    Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • But if Bell continues to struggle to impress his SAC, there could be the temptation to at least consider alternative paths up the professional ladder.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 July 2025

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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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