Thesaurus results for ANNUITIES

annuities

noun

plural of annuity

as in subsidies

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action his grandfather's will provided him with an annuity of $5,000 a year to be used for school expenses

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Recent Examples of annuities Use Form 1099-R to report distributions from retirement plans, pensions, annuities, and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026 Other types of annuities could work as well, according to Warshawsky. — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 July 2026 Savings, part‑time work or other income sources (like pensions or annuities) often need to play a role, too. — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Life insurance and annuities technology platform Zinnia selected Key Kiarie as its new chief financial officer. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Just 22% of California households are receiving retirement income, such as pensions, annuities or retirement account distributions, the analysis found. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 Non-qualified annuities Annuities can provide you with valuable retirement income, but not all annuities receive identical legal protections. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 12 June 2026

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Laesch argues Aurora has given away too much to developers and that economic growth should produce better-paying jobs without adding on corporate subsidies.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
With no federal subsidies available for that group, HAAM and Central Health have tried to develop separate solutions for this subpopulation.

— Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026

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Below is a list of the grants and their descriptions included in a news release from the governor's office.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
The World Bank has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into grants for modernizing the Syrian financial sector, restoring water access, and bolstering its healthcare system.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of grants

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Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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