doughnut hole

noun

1. a funding shortfall in the standard drug benefit offered by many Medicare prescription drug plans

Example Sentences

In the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, civic leaders and landlords pushed to elevate the financial district that Sischo recalled as a “doughnut hole” between Bunker Hill — with its highbrow cultural scene — and the booming new neighborhood of South Park near Crypto.com Arena and L.A.

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Such a proposal would create a “doughnut hole” — so-called because of the gap in taxation in the middle of the income distribution.

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“But we’re surrounded by the largest state park in California. We’re a doughnut hole and we can only grow so much. ... Our focus is nature and being a dark skies community. So you won’t see a lot of up-lighting or neon lights here.”

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The sweet treat, which looks like a doughnut hole, was supposedly invented by a consort of the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, which continues to reign 240 years later.

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The storm first took on an ominous look as it passed near Corning in Adams County along State Route 34 around 3:45 p.m. when it began exhibiting a “bounded weak echo region,” or doughnut hole, on radar.

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