budgeted

past tense of budget

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of budgeted In Seminole County, commissioners budgeted $250,000 this year to support shelter nights at Rescue Outreach Mission. — Chris Ham, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 But the film is currently tracking to open as high as $70 million globally this weekend — always an acceptable start for a film budgeted at $82 million. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026 Kelly gave the example that six years ago NIPSCO employed 230 linemen and now there are approximately 180, a 22% decrease, and gas servicemen are down from the 180 the company budgeted for just a few years ago to 143. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 But for those who’ve budgeted for a $1 million ceiling, there’s still plenty to buy, and genuinely love, according to several real estate agents. — Emily Hochberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 In contrast, Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services has budgeted $360 million to build two new facilities with a total of up to 256 new beds for youth. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeted
Verb
  • The right to demonstrate is protected by the French Constitution, and bans on demonstrations planned for Thursday in Paris, Lyon, Lille and Grenoble were seen by some as an infringement on French people's right to protest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • French President Emmanuel Macron said protests not organized by trade unions would be banned, as the Élysée braces for further unrest ahead of demonstrations planned for Saturday.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French officials prepared for another weekend of potentially violent demonstrations, according to The Associated Press (AP).
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The university has not responded to CNN’s questions about why the full transcript of Jane Doe’s police interview, which included Doe’s explicit rape accusation, was not included in the statement prepared by police for the DA.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lockheed Martin designed the technology to support PAC-3 operations as battlefield conditions and threat directions change.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In Abu Dhabi, water security has been designed as part of the same system as energy security.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Budgeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgeted. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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