How to Use social security in a Sentence

social security

noun
Definition of social securitynext
  • She is living on social security.
  • He began collecting Social Security checks.
  • When the paramedics arrived, one of them asked for my social security number.
    — Estefania Saavedra, refinery29.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • South Korea doesn't have the same massive social security program as the US.
    — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Coming back in with Nany was kind of my social security blanket.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • How about your court records and your social security numbers?
    — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In 2018, protests erupted over changes to social security rules that would have required workers to pay more and retirees to receive less.
    — Frances Robles, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Those subpoenaed records showed that more than one-third of background checks used the same last four digits of a social security number, the report said.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • One person described it to me as a social security number for cops.
    — NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • She is also accused of killing her son and stealing the social security funds allotted to him.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • If no adult household members have a social security number, the applicant may leave the space blank.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Old people vote, so cuts to social security and other programs that help the aged are unlikely to succeed.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 11 May 2022
  • Weronika Shviets, a 6-year-old from Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, was waiting in line with her mom for social security benefits on a school day this past week.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The woman said her dad’s wallet contained $250 in cash, a driver’s license, social security card and Medicare card.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2022
  • But one of the most significant benefits of retiring in Uruguay is that your U.S. pension and social security will not be taxed.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
  • In addition to a slot for a passport, the holder can also house vaccine cards, licenses, social security cards, and more.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Voters need to sign their by-mail ballots, and put one identifier on the envelope such as a social security number or birth date.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Their role is to help French expats with issues relating to work, schools, social security and other issues.
    — Reuters, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The amount of money retirees receive in social security is subject to change or even decrease if Congress does not solve the program's funding problem by 2034.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The last four digits of the applicant’s social security number.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • All of his employees must have the documents required to fill out an I-9, which include a driver’s license and a social security number.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan and John Kennedy, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Schools can request but not require a copy of a child’s social security card for enrollment purposes.
    — Tcrain, al, 31 July 2023
  • The woman was worried because a fourth check hadn’t been cashed yet, as well as some of the mail had her family member’s birthdays, social security numbers and addresses.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This could include name, date of birth, email address, mailing address, last our digits of social security number, etc.
    — cleveland, 17 Dec. 2022
  • But the Dems are trying to play on the emotion of democracy, abortions, cutting social security, which is an old tried, sometimes very effective effort, and Trump.
    — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Fraud in connection with emergency benefits is punishable with up to 30 years in prison, and social security fraud can result in up to five years.
    — Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 3 June 2022
  • One of the areas parents and trainees have asked for help on is social security and SSI, from a parent perspective, and how employment affects benefits.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • Joseph pleaded guilty in August to one count of use of a passport secured by a false statement, and one count of false representation of a social security account number.
    — Staff, Hartford Courant, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Oxfam said the new wage is still lower than what a family of two would receive through the city’s social security program and would demotivate workers.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • In both cases, health care is funded by a social security contribution equal to 7% of every worker's wage.
    — Daniela Mohor W., CNN, 1 Sep. 2022

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