nest egg

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Recent Examples of nest egg Fidelity Investments has helpful benchmarks to assess retirement nest egg adequacy at various life stages. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 By the Labor Department’s own math, 1% in additional fees can shrink a nest egg at retirement by 28%. — Teddy Amenabar, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026 Robbie’s kids at least have Robbie’s niece, Maeve (Emilia Jones,) and a nest egg, but there’s a strong argument that no one actually won here. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026 The eye-popping gains of Nvidia, Micron, Alphabet and other AI stocks have helped inflate the net worths of millions of Americans by lifting the value of their retirement nest eggs, college savings plans and brokerage accounts. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nest egg
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nest egg
Noun
  • However this deposit can be as high as 35% of the base charter price.
    — Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Gathering relevant data is a vital first step to understanding everything from the value of underground mineral deposits to the money held in pension funds.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Caputo vowed to prevent such pitfalls, with intelligence and financial oversight agencies helping to vet applicants' identities, criminal records and sources of funds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Multiple sources said the group has courted Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge-fund mogul who lives in Miami and this week announced a $3 billion donation to bring a Carnegie Mellon college campus to the city’s Wynwood neighborhood.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Soon after taking over the presidency, Bolsonaro cut the budgets for the National Cinema Agency (ANCINE) and the Audiovisual Sector Fund (FSA) by nearly 43%.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • French budget crisis worsens amid student protests France could be on the precipice of a financial crisis, as escalating student protests roiled an already shaky bond market.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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“Nest egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nest%20egg. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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