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shoestring

[shoo-string] / ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ /










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Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 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

He finally got some funding from Norman Lear himself and shot the movie on a shoestring budget.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

He was running the Department of Medicine on a shoestring.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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