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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
Verb
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But within a decade, Social Security could run short on funds to pay the full benefits Americans are counting on.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Still, the union is contending with a decrease in the share of workers who are willing to pay dues.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This could allow the state to maintain vaccine requirements in schools and even trade or sell vaccines to other states, defraying costs.—
Eric Schmeltzer,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The couple's families also helped defray some of the costs of their event.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The city has requested a refinancing package to pay off its outstanding balance to the Small Cities Organized Risk Effort, which has been hired to assist Isleton with its debt.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Another workaround would be to borrow federal student loans for now, with the aim of later taking a qualified distribution from the 529 plan to pay off the debt.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The volatility of the US swap spreads around the tariff announcements suggests that some of these trades could have been liquidated and helped send yields higher.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Both individual and corporate taxpayers could be liquidating or not demanding at many Treasury bonds to have cash available to make their tax payments.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That’s bad news for those relying at least in part on their stock portfolio to realize short-term goals, such as buying a home or funding an imminent retirement.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fund was given a total of $27 billion dollars to help fund clean energy projects in low-income communities.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some won't bloom the first year, others may shoot up and require staking.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
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Hard-line House conservatives, convinced that the Senate numbers would reign supreme, staked opposition to the budget resolution.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.—
Phillip Molnar,
The Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2024
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The entire Real Madrid basketball program, from the EuroLeague club to the U-13 academy team, is underwritten by the multi-billion-dollar Real Madrid FC soccer franchise.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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Identifying new ways to underwrite and quickly realize value.—
Sarah Elk,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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