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budget

[buhj-it] / ˈbʌdʒ ɪt /




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Omelette and Gumdrop are now both an important part of my home—and my budget.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

It allows pet owners, especially younger people on a tight budget, to spread out the risk a little in the event of an emergency.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The budget was more than £20m, and Aardman insisted every frame would be shot in Bristol.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The winning developer would make its money on development and management fees, which are typically paid by the project’s overall budget and rent collected.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

It’s not clear why, but it probably had to do with cost—the film was wildly over budget.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Regardless of our profiles, caring for our furry family members is complicating our budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Palo Alto Networks’ latest earnings show customers already voting with their budgets to modernize their cyber defenses to meet the capabilities of ever-more-powerful AI models, the WSJ reports.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Rising rates mean higher costs for home mortgages, car loans and credit card balances, increasing the strain on household budgets.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

It is thought this week he may say more about his plans to bring privatised services back under public control, arguing that doing so will help ease the pressure on family budgets.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Some thirty universities were performing nuclear physics research on navy contracts, which in some cases accounted for 90 percent of their research budgets.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The process: They had initially budgeted for homes around $530,000 in the suburb, which is about 40 miles north of Seattle.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Each of these programs went years past their original delivery deadlines and cost far more than originally budgeted.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

The river will this year supply about half as much water as that plan budgeted for.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Jamie's budgeted for dates in the past and would "think about where I could make savings elsewhere that week be it from my food or transport budget"

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The report also identified gaps in financial and budgeting knowledge among district leaders and school board members.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Mecham started in 2004 by sharing a budgeting spreadsheet as a broke grad student.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

As a result, another reason the federal government was able to climb out of its debt hole was more prudent budgeting.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Under the updated rules, associations budgeting less than 15% can still qualify if a reserve study supports it—provided the budget includes the study’s highest recommended reserve allocation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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