as in emergency
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Recent Examples of rainy day
Now, many are questioning how Maryland went from a $5.5 billion surplus at the end of the previous administration, comprising $3 billion in rainy day funds and a $2.5 billion budget surplus, to a multibillion-dollar deficit in just a few years.
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J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
On a rainy day in Chanthaburi, Thailand, one random act of kindness made all the difference.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Confirmation of their romance didn't come until November 2023, when they were seen kissing while out and about on a rainy day in New York City.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
So, on a rainy day in the East Bay, baseball royalty gathered inside Oakland Arena, situated just across the parking lot from the diamond where Henderson became a generational star and just a few miles from where Henderson attended Oakland Technical High.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Image There were no owls to see on a recent rainy day in Central Park.
—Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
If federal cuts are made, both Lamont and Looney said that lawmakers might be forced to dip into the state’s rainy day fund for fiscal emergencies in a worst-case scenario.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
For the occasion, Princess Charlene went classic, favoring a black and white colorway with her ensemble for the rainy day.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
Putin has already drawn down Russia’s rainy day funds by depleting its once-formidable foreign exchange reserves, and nobody is willing to fund Russian government deficits by buying unwanted Russian bonds.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025
On a rainy day in Chanthaburi, Thailand, one random act of kindness made all the difference.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Confirmation of their romance didn't come until November 2023, when they were seen kissing while out and about on a rainy day in New York City.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
So, on a rainy day in the East Bay, baseball royalty gathered inside Oakland Arena, situated just across the parking lot from the diamond where Henderson became a generational star and just a few miles from where Henderson attended Oakland Technical High.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Image There were no owls to see on a recent rainy day in Central Park.
—Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
If federal cuts are made, both Lamont and Looney said that lawmakers might be forced to dip into the state’s rainy day fund for fiscal emergencies in a worst-case scenario.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
For the occasion, Princess Charlene went classic, favoring a black and white colorway with her ensemble for the rainy day.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
Putin has already drawn down Russia’s rainy day funds by depleting its once-formidable foreign exchange reserves, and nobody is willing to fund Russian government deficits by buying unwanted Russian bonds.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainy day
Noun
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France called an emergency meeting of European Union countries and the U.K. on Monday to decide how to address the U.S. diplomatic blitz on the war.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Overseas, top officials from the United States and Russia were set to hold talks in Saudi Arabia about ending Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine -- without Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- while European officials were holding an emergency meeting in Paris.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Scientists from the Department of Psychology at the University of York, United Kingdom, aimed to uncover how sleep deprivation leads to intrusive thoughts.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
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Over the years, experts have found that differences in brain structure or function, genetic variations and mutations, and medical complications (e.g. extreme prematurity, oxygen deprivation at birth, and certain maternal health issues) all seem to play a role.—
Cassie Shortsleeve,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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George Washington, who could have been a king, set the tone by abdicating after two terms, a precedent followed by all his successors until F.D.R., under wartime exigency, broke it.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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In addition, institutions that reduce or close a program, department, college, or position because of a reinvestment plan would be able to proceed with policies and procedures associated with a declaration of financial exigency.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Rainy day.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainy%20day. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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