How to Use sock away in a Sentence

sock away

verb
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  • But maybe socking away all that money was a way to compete.
    — CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • These rates are now as high as 4% in some cases, which is good news for consumers who have the cash to sock away in these types of accounts.
    — Mia Taylor, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In total, the city will sock away some 1,280 stones, according to Welliver.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The pay was steady and solid — enough to pay her bills and still have money left over to sock away for a savings account for her child.
    — Paul Wiseman and Alexandra Olson, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2021
  • These trees sock away carbon but provide little support to the webs of life that once thrived in those areas.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • And some borrowers will want to use the monthly savings to draw down other debts, or just sock away the cash for emergencies.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • The Fool responds: An old rule of thumb has been to sock away 10% of your pretax income, but that doesn’t serve everyone equally well.
    — Dallas News, 12 June 2022
  • Democrats countered that their caution in socking away reserves has paid off.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • So what are the best ways for aspiring or current parents to sock away cash for their pricey progenies?
    — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The singer and guitarist socked away songs grappling with frustration, pain and love during the pandemic.
    — David Peisner, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Kobliner recommended that parents help their kids open a Roth IRA to sock away part of their earnings.
    — Christine Koh, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The governor also proposes to sock away a few billion in savings and repay some debt.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • But not everyone makes enough money to sock away savings, or has costs that can be substantially trimmed.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The reduction of gas flows to Europe is endangering the continent’s race to sock away enough fuel to ride out next winter.
    — Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 19 July 2022
  • In an ideal world, renters would sock away that extra money as emergency savings.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
  • Having socked away savings during the pandemic, most were willing to spend it as the economy reopened.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The optimal age to start socking away money for your golden years is 25 years old or younger, according to a new report from the Milken Institute, an economic think tank.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Every 500 generations Lenski and his students sock away some bacteria from each flask in a freezer.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2012
  • While the middle class was able to sock away some serious cash during the pandemic, their golden era has since faded as the economy rebounded and 40-year-high inflation took over.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The high cost of living and recession fears that plagued 2023 have left many households socking away more money under their mattress in preparation next bout of economic turmoil.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • El Cajon’s finances have been healthy enough for leaders to sock away millions in savings, although officials have long worried about what might happen if the current half-cent tax was allowed to expire in 2029.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • With fewer dollars flowing outward last month, consumers were able to sock away more money: The rate of savings as a percentage of disposable income rose to 4.6%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from April.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 30 June 2023
  • Financial counselors have had a difficult time convincing Americans to sock away enough money to cover their living expenses for even a few weeks.
    — Howard Dvorkin, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • European governments and industry have been able to sock away more natural gas than some analysts had expected over the summer—protecting the continent from the threat of large-scale shortages any time soon.
    — Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Pamela Conrad, a landscape architect, developed a carbon-tracking app that provided guidance for ways site planners could sock away more carbon.
    — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • At the top of both millennials’ and Gen Zers’ financial regrets: not socking away enough money for emergency expenses (at 21% and 17%, respectively).
    — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Stimulus payments were largely used to sock away money or pay down debt, according to an analysis published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Not surprisingly, anxiety about having enough money socked away for your golden years are also on the rise, with Americans stressed over their declining balances and rising inflation.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The statistics on Americans' lack of retirement readiness can be startling, with almost 1 in 3 older workers approaching retirement without a dime socked away.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • Take advantage of the remaining weeks of higher unemployment benefits to sock away money in an emergency fund, financial experts say.
    — Aimee Picchi, USA TODAY, 18 June 2020

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