shoestring
Example Sentences
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BATTAMBANG, Cambodia—Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
A subscription to the Proloquo speech app alone would cost $300 a year out-of-pocket — more than she can afford on her shoestring budget.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025
Everything that the Nation of Islam did in those days, from Mr. Muhammad on down, was strictly on a shoestring.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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