How to Use nest egg in a Sentence

nest egg

noun

• They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.
• That’s the simplest way to restore your nest egg and get back to growth.
  — Catherine Brock, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• The pawn shop was supposed to provide a nest egg for Lex Hilliard.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019
• My planner’s fee, as is common, is based on the size of my nest egg.
  — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2021
• Even in the best of times, a college-tour road trip feels like gambling with your nest egg.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• Our nest egg has not shown much growth over the last several years.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• Doing so will reduce your 2021 tax bill and add more to your nest egg.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• The second step is to decide how much of your income and nest egg to keep in dollars.
  — Bob Carlson, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• So, create a small nest egg to help out during those in-between times.
  — Essence, 18 Sep. 2019
• Our parents worked hard all their lives and left both my brother and me a pretty good nest egg.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2022
• Musk parked a big chunk of Tesla’s nest egg in the riskiest of risk assets, yet made nothing.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• Click on this link, answer a few questions — and watch your nest egg vanish.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
• The stocks and mutual funds in these nest eggs are chosen based on their return to the investor.
  — Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Of course, part of the goal is to build that nest egg as quickly as possible to retire early.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Laffer’s advice was to be careful and not to risk blowing her nest egg.
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
• That reduces the number of years your nest egg will have to support you and gives your investments more time to grow.
  — Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021
• Nine months of pregnancy seemed like a small price to pay in return for a nest egg that would support the next phase of her career.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Chinese stocks may be part of your retirement nest egg.
  — New York Times, 23 July 2021
• Meghan built a comfortable nest egg with her Suits money.
  — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 5 Mar. 2021
• Best of all these dividends have upside, which will power our nest egg to new highs.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• Also, look for other ways to save money and preserve your nest egg.
  — Essence, 2 Jan. 2024
• Morse took on more shifts, added extra clients and worked at a feverish pace until his nest egg grew enough to purchase a horse.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• The cryptocurrency in his FTX account was his nest egg.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
• This year’s slide in the markets (assuming that your nest egg is invested in the markets) won’t change that.
  — Glenn Ruffenach, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• Which now brings us to your mortgage payment and your retirement nest egg.
  — Peter Dunn, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
• These habits can be adopted by anyone who wants to better secure their own nest egg (and who among us doesn’t?).
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 June 2021
• Many workers aim to work in Singapore for 15 years—enough time to return home with a decent nest egg.
  — Timothy McDonald, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021
• Members of this generation, in their 50s and 60s, hold stocks that make up the bulk of their retirement nest eggs.
  — Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 3 Mar. 2020
• So here are some suggestions for helping cushion your nest egg by getting the most out of the program.
  — Robert Powell, USA TODAY, 19 May 2021
• The down payment gift from Park’s parents allowed the couple to save a small nest egg for home improvement projects.
  — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024