balancing the books
Example Sentences
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Since winning power in a landslide last summer, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his finance minister Rachel Reeves have made balancing the books a priority.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
While balancing the books weighs on Deutrom's mind, it does not detract from an unbridled passion for Ireland to continue to play the longer format.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
The Sunday Times reported party treasurer Colin Beattie told members the party was "having difficulty in balancing the books due to the reduction in membership and donors".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023
But balancing the books also requires increasing rates.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Two days before this date, my Scotch book-keeper came to me to report that in balancing the books he was out the small sum of 1_s_.
From Canada and the States by E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
