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budgeted

verb

past tense of budget

as in planned

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 budgeted Under the district’s year-end accounting process, unspent money allocated to specific programs is carried forward in the ending fund balance and budgeted for those programs in the new school year. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Charlotte budgeted $1 million to help fund the school district’s affordable housing teacher village in 2025. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 The memo cites a decline in international enrollment as a cause for lower-than-budgeted projections for this academic year. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026 The revenue question Under the prior administration, Hialeah budgeted a $13 million general fund transfer to the water and sewer fund for fiscal 2026. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026 Each position is budgeted for 500 hours per year, or up to $15,370 annually. — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 9 Sep. 2026 Newcastle budgeted for seventh place last season and the revenue drop-off caused from going from the Champions League to no European competition contributed to the need to bring in big money from player sales. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 To the understanding of the mayor’s office, there has never been overtime budgeted specifically for the mayor’s security detail, according to Duong. — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2026 The Public Works Department in Santa Fe, New Mexico, budgeted nearly $1 million for contract security at various facilities in its current fiscal year. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

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As part of the arrangement, the elder Ryan agreed to cover the lion’s share of the differences in building a new stadium, originally priced at $830 million, from the $300 million the university planned to spend on renovating the older one.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
From 2021 through 2027, approximately $35 million in investment is planned across the community, encompassing the Club, golf course, infrastructure, amenities and other improvements.

— Trident Ventures Content Studio, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

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In the days leading up to Matthew’s arrival, Kathryn said the family prepared the house for the shooting.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
But at Community Servings in Boston, the food is prepared with specific attention to sugar, salt, fat, vitamins, and minerals and is based on a person's health needs, said David Waters, chief executive of the nonprofit.

— Priyanka D McCluskey, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

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The factory reportedly uses flexible production lines designed to meet the requirements of its customers.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Even the best helmets and other gear can give a false sense of security, Nowinski says, because they’re primarily designed to reduce skull fracture and linear acceleration, not the rotational acceleration that leads to CTE.

— Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of designed

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The building changed ownership in 2018, and Abascal was offered the opportunity to buy the apartment but could not afford it, according to the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which organized Saturday’s protest.

— Alicia Leon, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Varga’s battle with cancer became public in April, and the band organized a blood drive and fundraiser in his honor.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

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