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scenario

Definition for scenario

noun as in master plan; sequence of events

Strongest matches

plot, scheme

Weak matches

résumé, storyline

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“These are the kinds of scenarios we are really unprepared for.”

For each scenario, we assumed a $1 million starting balance and considered the results of each portfolio 10 years after retirement, from age 73 when RMDs would currently take effect to age 83.

County had experienced a more moderate storm scenario.

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In the millions of words said and written in the preamble to this game, in all the different scenarios presented about how it might all pan out, nobody came up with this.

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Instead, talk to your family about some back up plans and run the numbers for each scenario.

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

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