straitened

Example Sentences

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At the same time, with the country’s straitened economy, parties are reluctant to be seen to be making unfunded spending commitments on anything, including green initiatives.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2024

Fresh starts and reinvention have been a lure since the first gold seekers — the ones digging actual nuggets — flocked here from the more straitened and class-conscious East Coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

But merchants and analysts said the dollarization boost has proven insufficient in the face of limited credit, a depreciating local currency, higher taxes, straitened public spending amid lower oil income, and rising utility bills.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

Accepting that award, Sir the Baptist, one of the album’s producers, addressed the straitened finances of historically Black colleges and universities.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

There Glenn was raised in permanently straitened means, for his father never again found steady work.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik