How to Use financial aid in a Sentence

financial aid

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  • And the Pell Grant and other forms of financial aid have not kept pace with that.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • There aren’t many good actors in the [financial aid] space.
    — Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Do the Ivies offer any sort of financial aid to athletes?
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The deal even suggests the Saudis will provide the group with financial aid and salary payments.
    — Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
  • And business owners still want financial aid in the meantime.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • Schools are now scrambling to get financial aid offers out.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
  • Both want to attend college but need financial aid to afford it.
    — Liz Willen, Gail Cornwall, Matt Krupnick, Kavitha Cardoza, Ariel Gilreath, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
  • France and the European Union also cut off financial aid to Niger following the coup.
    — Josh Pennington, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Cost is a key barrier for many of these students, financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz said.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • As a result, the Swiss watch industry is turning to the government for financial aid.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
  • That marks a more than 14% increase in financial aid compared to the previous figure, according to the school.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Tehran has long been the primary source of arms, financial aid, and military training for Hamas, which makes no secret of the alliance.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • And over five years, the system plans to earmark $280 million of the money raised from tuition increases for financial aid.
    — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Once submitted, the data is sent to colleges within one to three days, and it is then used to calculate financial aid.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Where were the social workers to help with financial aid, connect me to support groups, and just generally cheer me on?
    — Maria Yagoda, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Only a week ago, Kamari Felton believed that dream was dead after a last-minute call from the school saying his financial aid didn’t go through.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But as the files began flowing in two weeks ago, the university’s director of financial aid was alarmed.
    — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The group helps men with advice on how to desert, to file asylum applications, seek financial aid and travel across borders.
    — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The system plans to earmark $280 million of the money raised from tuition increases for financial aid.
    — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the money will also support financial aid for students in the Hopkins public health and nursing programs.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
  • The agency, which also runs bakeries and clinics and provides financial aid, has been central to life in the Palestinian enclave for more than 70 years.
    — Jared Malsin and Anas Baba, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
  • And many students are still waiting to receive financial aid packages.
    — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Rich countries have pledged to help poor countries transition away from coal, oil and gas, but have largely failed to fulfill their promises for financial aid.
    — David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Cal Grant recipients: A proposal to grow Cal Grant, the state’s key financial aid program, by $245 million has been scrapped.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program for low-income students, demonstrate the shift.
    — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That means families should receive financial aid offers from schools in April.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The assistance kicks in to cover what is not paid for by other grants, such as federal financial aid, and scholarships.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • These students are from ZIP codes with higher mean incomes and are less likely to apply for financial aid with their application, the study said.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But give Princeton credit for its announcement this month on financial aid.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Hospitals would also have to change their financial aid policies so more patients could get help with big bills and fewer would go into debt.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

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