budgeting

Example Sentences

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Over time, I’ve realized that grocery budgeting is less about militant restriction and more about paying attention.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

She is now managing her budgeting carefully and is beginning to regain control of her finances.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Fad budgeting methods with cute names come and go: zero-based, 50/30/20, envelope, and so forth.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

But one problem with the meticulous budgeting of time is that it prevents the achievement of that sublime state: losing track of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Dorothy updated her classes with a unit called Wartime Mathematics, teaching students to apply arithmetic operations to household budgeting and wartime ration books and updating classic word problems with airplanes instead of cars.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly