deficit
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The New York Knicks were within an inch of pulling off a basketball miracle, climbing bucket by bucket out of a 29-point deficit in the second half.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Those permitted upgrades are also allowed to spend extra money under the engine budget cap, on a sliding scale depending on the performance deficit.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In the past quarter, the U.S. current account deficit was $190.7 billion.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
That yielded an April trade deficit of $55.9 billion, down about 1.2% versus the March level.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
There’s always profit-taking or the federal deficit or something or other to account for a bearish turn, and improved corporate earnings or interest rates or whatever to account for a bullish one.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing deficit
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