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Recent Examples of slush fund
This $20 billion was moved out of the Treasury into a slush fund where there was no oversight of the spending.
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John Griggs, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The result is the giant slush fund with no way to determine when the financial responsibilities for the capital portions of each program have been met and therefore when more money might be available for bridge maintenance.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
The payments were made through sham loan agreements and a slush fund created by overcharging for the machines, federal prosecutors allege.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Is there some kind of slush fund the company has where all the missing refund money goes?
—Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
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John Griggs, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The result is the giant slush fund with no way to determine when the financial responsibilities for the capital portions of each program have been met and therefore when more money might be available for bridge maintenance.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
The payments were made through sham loan agreements and a slush fund created by overcharging for the machines, federal prosecutors allege.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Is there some kind of slush fund the company has where all the missing refund money goes?
—Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
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Now, both sides of the trade have sincere motivation here.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Doncic will have plenty of motivation heading into this matchup.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This tool could change how NC police test for DWIs April 4, 2025 3:38 PM Read Next North Carolina Could NC residents get a $5,000 DOGE stimulus check in 2025?—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Most taxpayers eligible for economic impact payments, known as stimulus checks, have already received them.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, there was the buyout and retirement incentives of another 3,000 employees.—
Mike Dombeck,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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Therefore, there should be incentive for everyone to work collectively to get rid of STDs and give any efforts to do so more than a slow clap, so to speak.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ads like Carl’s Jr.’s are unsubtle seductions, but what is The Substance trying to seduce its viewers into experiencing and considering otherwise?—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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The filmmakers’ gaze sometimes stops to watch a specific event, like a dance or a discreet seduction.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Art’s spur came not only from the specialized art world, but from ordinary human experience.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Hollow provocations without substantive understanding of your issue will undermine your credibility.—
Jay Ruderman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Go deeper: Behind the Curtain: Trump's boundary-busting provocations Editor's note: This article has been updated with President Trump's comment to reporters aboard Air Force One.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yet, for Hughes, it was deemed a price worth paying, even after the Southampton game when the temptation to become drawn into a public debate may have been acute.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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This systematic approach mitigates the temptation to chase performance and helps manage risk. 4.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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