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as in fund
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
we've spent a little more than our budget this year
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as in supply
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the tour group had a whole budget of complaints
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as in reasonable
costing little
a budget phone plan for people on fixed incomes
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as in to plan
to work out the details of (something) in advance
the vacationers carefully budgeted how they would spend their limited time in Italy
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Recent Examples of budget
Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Since the start of the budget season, one Milwaukee Common Council member has been calling on his colleagues to consider defunding downtown's streetcar, also known as the Hop.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
Of course, there's something else that will forever link these mid-budget American triumphs, and that's when and where they were made: Portions of No Country for Old Men and There Will Blood were shot concurrently in the same place, the tiny desert town of Marfa, Texas, on the same dates in 2006.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 10 Mar. 2023
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
Parks and Recreation is budgeted to hire two part-time or one full-time ranger, but those roles remain vacant months into Brown’s tenure — something officials hope the new ordinance change will help address.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The government's priorities for the budget included meeting the threat of countries like Russia, Iran and North Korea.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
Since the start of the budget season, one Milwaukee Common Council member has been calling on his colleagues to consider defunding downtown's streetcar, also known as the Hop.
—Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
On Friday, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s disaster drama Notre-Dame on Fire opens opposite Japanese rock opera anime Inu-Oh, directed by Masaaki Yuasa, as well as several mid-budget Chinese releases.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
Of course, there's something else that will forever link these mid-budget American triumphs, and that's when and where they were made: Portions of No Country for Old Men and There Will Blood were shot concurrently in the same place, the tiny desert town of Marfa, Texas, on the same dates in 2006.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 10 Mar. 2023
Verb
Maybe that looks like budgeting with grace, paying yourself first, or simply believing you’re allowed to receive without overexplaining.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
Parks and Recreation is budgeted to hire two part-time or one full-time ranger, but those roles remain vacant months into Brown’s tenure — something officials hope the new ordinance change will help address.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for budget
Noun
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Their philanthropy touches all 12 of the university’s schools and colleges, as well as the university’s libraries, student affairs, athletics and various funds across campus.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The federal government allocated funds for SNAP and WIC's October operations in September.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Indian officials have argued that it if the country were to stop buying Russian oil, a plan must be put in place to stabilize energy markets, along with a contingency to fill the shortfall in supply if Russian barrels are taken off the market.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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New Jerseyans’ electricity rates rose roughly 20% at the start of June as a result of price-setting capacity auctions—the market where power producers are paid to guarantee future supply.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The state alleged that Amazon doesn’t go far enough to find reasonable accommodations for employees upon request and fails to consider whether a different accommodation or work location would be a match for an employee who is pregnant or has a disability.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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Wisconsin law enforcement agencies may use a drone to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation from or at a place or location where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy if a search warrant is obtained.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In conclusion, my careful gameplay doesn’t personally lend itself to reversing transfers, even when planned, but there is occasionally a time and a place for it.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Coast Guard told the outlet that the family had planned to remain anchored between Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard throughout the weekend.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The main channel of the Amazon River constantly erodes existing land and deposits new earth.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Suzuki argued that Japan had enough uranium deposits at home and overseas to build the bomb.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The company’s Amazon Web Services will launch a real-time bidding service for ad buyers and sellers called AWS RTB Fabric, with a goal of helping marketers and media outlets buy and sell digital commercial inventory through split-second auctions.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Blue Jay follows other recent robotics developments at Amazon, including the testing the humanoid robot Digit and the inventory processing Sequoia robotics system.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But cattle producers say importing cheaper beef abroad could threaten domestic agriculture in the long run.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
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Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And rather than being designed in a Top Secret military facility—literally, Area 51, used for the U-2—at the expense of billions of taxpayer dollars, Planet’s doing it with around six hundred employees and hardly a security clearance in sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Malladi said Qualcomm would also sell its AI chips and other parts separately, especially for clients such as hyperscalers that prefer to design their own racks.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budget. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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