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
Despite new tax revenue from a 20 percent tax increase, the city still faced a shortfall and was on the hook for things not budgeted.
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Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
The port budgeted $61 million for the job.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
The parks system is budgeted at $72 million.
—Douglas Hanks
march 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
At the time, the city budgeted $15 million for the shelter.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Six years later, they are budgeted to hit $238 billion, an increase of 62 percent.
—Jim Doti, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
According to the House bill’s fiscal note, another $250,000 is budgeted toward restoration efforts starting in fiscal 2027 and in the next two fiscal years.
—William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
Port Director Charles Gerard argued that the council should approve the study because it has already been budgeted.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Days before the opening ceremony, work was still ongoing at the Santagiulia arena, a new $292 million ice hockey venue in Milan; it was originally budgeted at $210 million.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026
Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
The port budgeted $61 million for the job.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
The parks system is budgeted at $72 million.
—Douglas Hanks
march 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
At the time, the city budgeted $15 million for the shelter.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
Six years later, they are budgeted to hit $238 billion, an increase of 62 percent.
—Jim Doti, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
According to the House bill’s fiscal note, another $250,000 is budgeted toward restoration efforts starting in fiscal 2027 and in the next two fiscal years.
—William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
Port Director Charles Gerard argued that the council should approve the study because it has already been budgeted.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Days before the opening ceremony, work was still ongoing at the Santagiulia arena, a new $292 million ice hockey venue in Milan; it was originally budgeted at $210 million.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeted
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After a kind gesture to airport employees in Georgia didn't go as planned, Tyler Perry found a workaround.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Rallies are also planned in more than a dozen other countries, from Europe to Latin America to Australia, Ezra Levin, a co-executive director of Indivisible, a group spearheading the events, said in an interview.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Billing records show he was involved with the case soon after, as the firm prepared to bring it to the Supreme Court a second time.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
31 Mar. 2026
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Teams conducted testing, prepared the site, and then deployed the system inside the facility.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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Officials and defense analysts have long said that the constraint is not simply funding, but structural limits in a defense industrial base designed for predictable demand rather than rapid wartime expansion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Enter Twinpalms Bangtao Phuket Tented Resort, the hideaway designed for those yearning for escapism.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Olitzky and Marder recently returned from a listening tour of Israel and the West Bank, organized by the nonpartisan group Encounter.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The hunger strike starts on April 10 and is organized by the Zero Burn Coalition, working with a medical team along the way.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Budgeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgeted. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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