rainy day
Example Sentences
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But paying a dividend, reducing debt or building up cash for a rainy day can be better choices sometimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
If approved by voters on the statewide ballot in November, the amendment would raise a cap on mandatory deposits into the rainy day fund from 10% to 20% of general fund revenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
The cap on the rainy day fund would grow from 10% of general fund tax revenue to 20%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
On a stereotypically rainy day in Manchester, we're ushered into a kitchen that at first glance appears to be in a normal terraced house.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
It was what had first attracted her to him that June day two years ago in Ibadan, the kind of rainy day that wore the indigo color of dusk although it was only noon.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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