Example Sentences

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On average, from 1953 to 2019, the 10% highest-earning households were saving approximately 21.1% of their income — 10 to 20 percentage points higher than the bottom 90%, they found.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

In the second quarter of this year, eurozone households were saving 15.4% of their income.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

“We were saving to buy a house, we had money, we had done things the right way,” he says.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Throughout the three seasons of the show, did you feel like you were saving the trip to Mexico for a big moment, or did you ever consider doing it as a regular episode?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

They were saving money so that they could be sure to have enough to send their kids to college.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata