How to Use blind trust in a Sentence

blind trust

noun
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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
  • Nuno shows a blind trust in our work and this is halfway through.
    — SI.com, 12 June 2019
  • Ahli Bank placed its shares of Future Bank’s stock in a blind trust in 2008.
    — Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • McLaren points out that many of us have a blind trust in economic systems.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • My blind trust in her has never let me down, and this was no exception.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 June 2022
  • The family gave her a budget, a credit card, and their blind trust.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 26 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • His stake in the business is in a blind trust, managed by trustees who include Ermer.
    — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2022
  • 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
  • The governor has placed his own investments in a blind trust.
    — Hartford Courant, 21 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s this blind trust that all pilots are created equal.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Most lawmakers put their assets in a blind trust, one former Hill staffer said.
    — Danny Nelson, Fortune, 1 June 2022
  • Both stopped short of doing an official blind trust in doing so.
    — Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • His firm would be operated as a blind trust headed by Verdery.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • The terms of a blind trust are established before the owner surrenders control of the asset.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pinera's holdings are now managed in a blind trust, according to the statement.
    — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 10 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Newsom placed those investments in a blind trust before he was sworn in as governor.
    — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2020
  • 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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