slush fund

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Recent Examples of slush fund Without proactive planning, the money turned into a slush fund—and, as expected, it got wasted. Shane Enete, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Ruling party rebuked Public frustration with the LDP is rooted in the party’s recent slush fund scandal, which came at a time when many Japanese are caught between stagnant wages and rising prices. Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2024 But voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy have been rankled by rising prices and the fallout from a party slush fund scandal that helped sink previous premier Fumio Kishida. Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024 When a slush fund scandal came to light in 2023, four cabinet ministers, as well as other senior party officials, were replaced by former PM Kishida. Lim Hui Jie,matt Clinch, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for slush fund
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Noun
  • Their personal stories also flip their motivations.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Hinsdale South wrestler Callie Carr had a simple motivation that helped drive her perfect 39-0 record, which was capped off with a state championship.
    Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Columbia University Grad Detained by ICE That is more than the popular petition for regular stimulus checks during the COVID pandemice, which had a little more than 3,050,000 signatures at time of publication.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Congress would have to pass a bill to approve the distribution of stimulus checks.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Europe and China both have incentives to step up, for different reasons and with different priorities.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The contract, Schefter said, could be worth up to $7 million with incentives.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Her stepdaughter said her mother had planned to stay until her father woke up, which the poster interpreted as an attempt at seduction.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The vibe at her place is welcoming and cozy but with a strong hint of seduction just under the surface.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That would be the Park East Freeway, an underused spur that was removed in the 2000s and replaced by a boulevard and the Deer District, an entertainment area for sports and concerts.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
  • More than 1,000 rail shipments originating from a spur built at SONGS have left the site, with most of the cargo heading to nuclear disposal site in Clive, Utah.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Garza sees the project as a kind of musical provocation.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Byström takes the hyper-girl aesthetic that’s so often criticized and turns it into a tool of political provocation—especially in the context of issues such as sexuality and body politics.
    The Glamour editors, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And because Disney remakes of one sort or another just keep coming, from Mulan to Pinocchio to The Little Mermaid, the temptation to be cynical about them is enormous.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • On the other hand, growth finance from Series B onwards can be hard to secure and the temptation to sell to a rival or a corporation can be strong.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Slush fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush%20fund. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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