lump
Example Sentences
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People who had carefully planned their retirement, and had expected to clear mortgage debt or car finance, were left with no lump sum and no income.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Often they’re sitting on a lump sum and don’t want to commit it all at once to riskier investments like stocks or bonds because markets seem frothy or they fear yields might rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Indexed universal life, on the other hand, typically has the buyer pay in a lump sum to start for a death benefit that can fluctuate.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
In early 2022, after more than a year of underreporting customs values, First Brands paid the Chinese subsidiary a $40 million lump sum to compensate for the artificially depressed payments, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
I swallowed a big lump that had crawled up in my throat, and put my arms around his cold, wet body.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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