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as in fund
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
we've spent a little more than our budget this year
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as in supply
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the tour group had a whole budget of complaints
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as in reasonable
costing little
a budget phone plan for people on fixed incomes
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as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the vacationers carefully budgeted how they would spend their limited time in Italy
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Recent Examples of budget
David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The Utah Legislature will determine the state's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
As the rom com got further and further buried under capes and spandex and piles of money, so did the mid-budget Austen adaptations, with a few exceptions.
—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 18 July 2022
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Over that time, the expansion is budgeted at $4.5 billion.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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But from July through November — the first five months of the budget year in most states — total state tax revenues declined by 0.6%, according to a new report by the nonprofit Urban Institute.
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Last month it was revealed that the mid-budget Western movie would continue with its production.
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For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles budgeted $837 million for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which was roughly 65% the size of the homeless budget of $1.3 billion.
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The fund protects utilities from going bankrupt when fires break out and would pay for insured and uninsured losses caused by utilities, Wara said.—
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Meta has donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, alongside other big tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Uber.—
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly made monetary donations to relief efforts, and donated clothing, children's items and other supplies.—
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Items including socks, body wipes, no-rinse body and hair wash and adult incontinence supplies can be dropped off at 5685 La Jolla Blvd.—
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Emirates does a good job of planning schedules so many itineraries have reasonable connection times in Dubai.—
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Is this season going to be defined by Houston being comfortable going above reasonable expectations, or is the parity in the NBA the perfect storm for a blockbuster trade?—
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As the devastating fires continue to burn around Los Angeles, the Sundance Film Festival will continue as planned in Park City.—
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Most of those arrests have been for planning or carrying out direct actions, including slow marching - a tactic usually used to block traffic.—
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Limestone Most prominently in Texas Hill Country and Central Texas, clearer, bluer waters can sometimes be attributed to the abundance of natural deposits and quarries of limestone that are native to the area.—
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Capital One customers across the country have reported experiencing problems with receiving paycheck deposits or making transactions.—
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Federal agencies manage vast inventories of assets, from IT equipment to critical infrastructure.—
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While still hot, both the homebuying and rental markets seem to be calming down a bit, and the increase in property inventory will help out the rental market too, according to Jonathan Lickstein, the Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie Realtors president.—
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Similar to the trend in consumer electronics, in which more computing power and other capability can be packed into smaller devices, satellites have also gotten smaller and cheaper.—
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Signing a replacement who can cover two positions, like Kelly can, would not be cheap, so that must be considered too.—
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The ankle booties are designed to be folded down, with the shearling showing, or left upright.—
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Advertisement Thankfully, the story arc is designed so that chaos keeps barging in, most delightfully in the form of a scene stealer named ParTeb, a goofball from Tunisia who presents as a saucy green alien.—
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“Budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budget. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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