shoestring
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For a while, it relied on a shoestring team that included two analysts, an economist, a director of research and a risk manager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Back in the day, it was difficult because you're working on a shoestring budget, trying to make things happen," says Painter.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It boasts two great lead performances, and its shoestring budget makes the entire production all the more impressive.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was emblematic of her and Corbet’s then-burgeoning philosophy: of making lavish films on a shoestring, using stunning foreign environments to portray a bygone America and roping crew members and family into the collaboration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
Although funds for chemical control came in never-ending streams, the biologists of the Illinois Natural History Survey who attempted to measure the damage to wildlife had to operate on a financial shoestring.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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