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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Energy infrastructure projects tend to be over budget and behind schedule, a new study finds.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Explaining its rationale for lowering its credit rating on the United States for the first time since 1917, Moody’s cited ballooning US debt levels and Washington’s intransigence over budget deficit solutions.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Mecklenburg County commissioners have clashed over budget proposals before.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Sean Morrison, a Republican and one of a handful of commissioners who has been on the board since the first Tyler contract was inked, said county leaders share the blame for the property tax project going over time and over budget.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Explaining its rationale for lowering its credit rating on the United States for the first time since 1917, Moody’s cited ballooning US debt levels and Washington’s intransigence over budget deficit solutions.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Mecklenburg County commissioners have clashed over budget proposals before.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Sean Morrison, a Republican and one of a handful of commissioners who has been on the board since the first Tyler contract was inked, said county leaders share the blame for the property tax project going over time and over budget.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Over budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20budget. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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