taxpayer

Example Sentences

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Now, per this bill, the ballroom would also cost the taxpayer another $1 billion to secure it.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

A few thousand dollars a year in retirement contributions is a lot cheaper than billing the taxpayer for a nursing home at $9,000 a month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

OK, so it’s good news that taxpayer funds won’t be plowed into a park that could well be lost to the neighborhood almost immediately, due to all the aforementioned problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Elected officials from both parties have steered millions of taxpayer dollars to no-bid contracts for the Star Academy program in several states, records show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Everyone—even those who had not had diversity training at taxpayer expense—knew that even though it was correct to recognize a person's ethnicity, it was not correct to comment upon it in public.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg