budgeted

Example Sentences

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While some fans were lucky enough to nab $28 tickets, others begrudgingly spent more than they budgeted.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

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

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

To pay for these raises, the district was buoyed by pandemic relief aid and, also, never hired many of the employees budgeted under this aid.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But the bonuses, a key source of tax revenue, were well short of what city officials had budgeted for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Fadi looked at his budgeted options—cheeseburger minis with French fries or something called a “bean and cheese burrito.”

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai