over budget
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: beyond the amount of money than had been planned for
The director always goes over budget on his films.
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The bill would require public disclosure of any project more than $1 billion over budget or five years behind schedule.
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Tom Norton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Sentinel was originally expected to cost $77.7 billion, but projected future costs ran so severely over budget that in January 2024, the program triggered a review process known as a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games ended up roughly 50% over budget, at $3 billion, due to overruns and growing debt.
—Sydney Cella,hannah Hur, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2025
For a second year in a row, California canceled a program that allows state workers to cash out unused vacation time over budget concerns.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Tom Norton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Sentinel was originally expected to cost $77.7 billion, but projected future costs ran so severely over budget that in January 2024, the program triggered a review process known as a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach.
—ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games ended up roughly 50% over budget, at $3 billion, due to overruns and growing debt.
—Sydney Cella,hannah Hur, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2025
For a second year in a row, California canceled a program that allows state workers to cash out unused vacation time over budget concerns.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Over budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20budget. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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