shoestring
Example Sentences
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Over the past five years, Tartt, Bandy and a shoestring staff have trained some 60 people on farming the mountain valleys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 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
“Any abortion recovery room I’ve ever been in has the good tea,” Krajewski told me, adding that it’s usually staff who pay for these refreshments since clinics often operate on shoestring budgets.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2025
They were better than the brace-lace-lets—the shoestring jewelry—but not by much.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
