How to Use on a small/tight/shoestring budget in a Sentence

on a small/tight/shoestring budget

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  • But can the timeless hairstyle be achieved at home and on a tight budget?
    Jeaneen Russell, People.com, 11 June 2025
  • What is one tip for marketing a new business on a tight budget?
    Allbusiness, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • It was sold to Lampert, who has kept the brands alive on a shoestring budget.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Both the films are made on a small budget and released in limited screens across India.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The label is what drew me in at the time and the wine was perfect for someone just getting into wine on a tight budget.
    Noël Burgess, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The film, made on a small budget, was also an enormous commercial success.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 June 2024
  • Most lower-division soccer clubs are run on a shoestring budget.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget.
    Ana B. Ibarra, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Produced on a shoestring budget, the film barely made a ripple on its initial release.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Kids will love having their old photos on hand, and the nostalgic nature of the gift makes a big impact on a small budget.
    Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2022
  • While organized crime groups appear to have endless cash to pay for guns, bribes, and more, the government is on a tight budget.
    Regina Garcia Cano, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Get our best birthday recipes and ideas for DIY decor to host a summer party on a small budget.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Many agencies are operating on a tight budget and with minimal staff.
    Joseph T. Monahan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The author began cooking for himself in college on a shoestring budget.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
  • This thing sold for $20 million to Netflix at Sundance and was made on a small budget.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Its cheese grater-like design isn’t going to win a ton of style points, but sometimes practicality wins out on a tight budget.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 July 2024
  • After years of operating on a shoestring budget, the abundance felt like a relief.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The program operates on a small budget and relies on the generosity of outside donors.
    Mckayla Lee, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • That means not all students, particularly those on a tight budget, can take advantage of the services.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • And yet, Conti delivered the goods on a small budget when Avildsen gave him another chance.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
  • In the end, the film was made on a shoestring budget of less than $2 million, most of it provided by Laokoon Filmgroup.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Even a small repair can keep an appliance, piece of furniture or other item out of the landfill while also helping someone on a tight budget.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And with electricity rates rising, people on a tight budget may choose to go without air conditioning during some of the hottest months.
    Umair Irfan, WIRED, 20 July 2024
  • Instead, that intensity is replaced by the latent, looming chaos of trying to build and open a brand-new restaurant on a shoestring budget.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2023
  • Those sides that could be crucial to netball’s inclusion in the Olympics have done a lot on a shoestring budget, but are slowed in their development.
    Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The owner won’t spend and the GM lacks the creativity necessary to build a winning team on a shoestring budget.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • His was an imagination on a tight budget, primed for a Cold War ecosystem of drive-ins, horror comics and nuclear nightmares.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • The Takeaway Turkey’s navy has shown other middle-sized naval forces worldwide that naval air power is now available on a shoestring budget.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Shot on a shoestring budget, the pilot was a scrappy, crude comedy about three narcissistic bar owners in South Philly.
    Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2025
  • Lewandowski then kept the project going on a shoestring budget with no union affiliation under the name the Worker’s Project.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023

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