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nest

noun as in home

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It’s a rite of passage leaving the nest for the son to explore the world.

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After years of work with landowners by the charity Butterfly Conservation, the latest survey of silken caterpillar nests has seen huge increases.

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“We had our blueprint. We had our nest egg. We had our health. All that was left was to toast our good fortune and enjoy the ride,” Glenn says.

See: Can my wife and I retire early with a $2 million nest egg?

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You might also decide against Roth catch-up contributions if there’s another pressing need for those funds, like paying down high-interest debt, or if you plan to donate your nest egg to charity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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