How to Use blind trust in a Sentence
blind trust
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A number of presidents tried to steer clear of the appearance of profiting off their position by voluntarily putting their assets and investments in blind trusts.
—Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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Nuno shows a blind trust in our work and this is halfway through.
—SI.com, 12 June 2019
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Ahli Bank placed its shares of Future Bank’s stock in a blind trust in 2008.
—Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
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The former center had just bought the place through a blind trust at the end of last year for $3.3 million.
—Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 11 Dec. 2017
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McLaren points out that many of us have a blind trust in economic systems.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
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When Hegar slammed West for not agreeing to put his holdings in a blind trust, West said he hadn’t been asked to do so.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 5 July 2020
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My blind trust in her has never let me down, and this was no exception.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 June 2022
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The family gave her a budget, a credit card, and their blind trust.
—Terri Robertson, Country Living, 26 Apr. 2023
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Chuck, on the other hand, is part of a New York dynasty, a Yalie with a power-player dad and a blind trust fund.
—Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
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His stake in the business is in a blind trust, managed by trustees who include Ermer.
—Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2022
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Never mind the fact that Perry’s own finances were hidden from the public in a blind trust.
—Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2021
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The governor has placed his own investments in a blind trust.
—Hartford Courant, 21 Oct. 2022
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Dutcher snipped the final strand, grabbed the net and did his blind trust fall backward into his players.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
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In August, the two-term Democrat moved at least $1.56 million worth of his holdings into a blind trust.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
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There’s this blind trust that all pilots are created equal.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Oct. 2019
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With newer proofs, which might involve thousands of pages of dense reasoning, the chance for blind trust grows even greater.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2019
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Most lawmakers put their assets in a blind trust, one former Hill staffer said.
—Danny Nelson, Fortune, 1 June 2022
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Both stopped short of doing an official blind trust in doing so.
—Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
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His campaign says that’s all been in a blind trust throughout his public career and will remain there.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2019
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Trump’s children are running the business now, though the arrangement comes up well shy of a blind trust, which ethics watchdogs had called for.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2018
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His firm would be operated as a blind trust headed by Verdery.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
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The terms of a blind trust are established before the owner surrenders control of the asset.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
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Floridians deserve a governor who complies with the spirit of what a blind trust is meant to do.
—Amy Lieu, Fox News, 28 July 2018
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However, similar to the Merkley-Brown bill and unlike the Warren bill, the members of Congress would still have the option to place their stocks in a blind trust.
—Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
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Pinera's holdings are now managed in a blind trust, according to the statement.
—The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021
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Placing The Greenbrier in a blind trust makes no sense because the Governor knows the family owns the business.
—Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2019
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The governor also has said the rules governing his family trusts don’t permit them to be placed in a blind trust.
—Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
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The bill would give members 90 days to divest their stock holdings, and says House ethics officials must give prior approval to any blind trust.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 May 2023
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Newsom placed those investments in a blind trust before he was sworn in as governor.
—Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2020
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Others would prohibit any ownership of stocks, with one plan allowing stocks to be placed in a blind trust.
—Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
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