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budget

[buhj-it] / ˈbʌdʒ ɪt /




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“They are hearing from their customers, ‘We need to make room in our budget for AI.’

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Create a budget so you can see where your money is going, and then figure out how to spend less than you earn.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The formal subject is the court's budget, including millions of dollars in extra security funding after rising threats against judges and a series of alarming incidents involving members of the Supreme Court.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Fifty-nine per cent of the BBC network TV budget was spent outside London last year, although that is down by one percentage point on the year before.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Mr. Fields had the budget for three actors, or types as he referred to them.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Susquehanna analyst James Friedman, who has a neutral rating on IBM’s stock, said the increase in allocation of tech budgets toward hardware is “crowding out” spending in other areas of tech.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Now, as we find ourselves deep in the season of simple summer entertaining — and still, always, keeping budgets in mind — I want to give the form a little more appreciation.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Such trends present "significant challenges", the EU said, including labour shortages, strained public budgets, and pressure on care and education systems.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

He says it avoids the "feast and famine" cycles that have characterised NHS budgets.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Penelope half hoped he would notice and perhaps even admire the jaunty, galloping rhythm of the words, but he simply counted out the money and went back to his budgets.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

“If the answers are honest and you can afford it without destabilizing yourself, have the best time and go! Don’t let anyone guilt you out of joy you’ve budgeted for,” she told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are each budgeted to carry over 400 antitrust attorneys.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Ultimately, it will dampen the very economic activity Congress budgeted to preserve.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

You've budgeted for the time in the United States.

From BBC May 3, 2026

Speaker Day featured two speakers—usually small-time celebrities or small-time politicians or small-time academics, the kind of people who would come and speak at a school for the measly three hundred bucks the school budgeted.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

The variety keeps life interesting, but my income changes from month to month, which makes budgeting difficult.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The financial media often focuses on investment choices, but it might be more important for people to learn the basics about earning, saving and budgeting first.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

The county said it all “further erodes confidence” in the district’s budgeting abilities.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

He admits he "hates budgeting and always has" so he says he looks at his current account as soon as he gets paid and decides how much he wants to move into savings.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

She had traveled for stories a few times in the past—down to Columbus, to investigate state budgeting cuts; up to Ann Arbor, when a former Shaker student had started at quarterback in the Michigan-OSU game.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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