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Recent Examples of slush fund
Unfortunately, politicians can take advantage of the resulting slush funds for projects that have nothing to do with fighting blight.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Republican opposition to the Toxic Exposure Fund largely centers around their claims that the pot of money, created after passage of the 2022 PACT Act, is a slush fund for the VA with little oversight.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
This $20 billion was moved out of the Treasury into a slush fund where there was no oversight of the spending.
—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
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
Republican opposition to the Toxic Exposure Fund largely centers around their claims that the pot of money, created after passage of the 2022 PACT Act, is a slush fund for the VA with little oversight.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
This $20 billion was moved out of the Treasury into a slush fund where there was no oversight of the spending.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush fund
Noun
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However, right now, renters aren’t experiencing that kind of motivation.—
Daryl Fairweather,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Doncic will have plenty of motivation heading into this matchup.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Conscious perception is the ability of human beings to become aware of the stimuli received by their senses.—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
19 Apr. 2025
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This micro-moment creates space between stimulus and response, where emotional intelligence flourishes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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