nest egg

Example Sentences

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And it should help you enjoy your nest egg and not outlive it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

It was supposed to be 83-year-old Ed Mansell's nest egg.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

He invests much of it in property near his home in Virginia, living off rental revenue while building a nest egg for his wife and daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Then the programs recalculate the growth rate of what’s left of your nest egg as you spend it down faster than you had originally intended.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

This clan, having put their own small farm to bed for the winter in the Province of Quebec, came over the line to make a small nest egg.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck