saving

Example Sentences

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“They held the line, and we have them to thank for saving housing, saving the island, saving the history of the Santa Rosa Island,” McKinley said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The decline in sales at the lowest price points shows that renters are having increasing trouble saving for down payments, said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Cooper said her party estimated it would mean a saving of £100 a year on average for every household, with the poorest 20% of families saving an average of £140 a year.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

If Keomanila could give advice to her younger self, she said, “start saving a lot more, a lot sooner.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I dreaded what she was saving up for me.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck