deficit
Example Sentences
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Trade wars, deficit spending and a falling dollar helped gold prices surge 65% in 2025 and to records above $5,300 a troy ounce in January.
"The problem is there's such a huge trust deficit between parents and government on this issue," one Labour backbencher said.
From BBC
Germany were floundering at that stage and, although they cut the deficit, Mouat closed out another couple in the ninth end to secure the win.
From BBC
In a 2012 email, she told Epstein the club was running deficits at times.
Most of the district budget is spent on personnel, and it is considering staff cuts after it projected a $1.6 billion deficit by 2027-28.
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