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 The city's 2026 budget sets aside $5 million that could include a new gunshot detection contract, down from $9 million budgeted for the same goal in 2025. — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Libertyville has budgeted upward of $42 million for the project, which broke ground in early June. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Because the decline — particularly that in traditional public schools — is greater than the district anticipated and budgeted for to start the year, the district could potentially seek additional budget cuts to stay in the black. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 Officials had budgeted $100,000 for the program and wound up blowing through that in just a few hours. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 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 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 Charlotte budgeted $1 million to help fund the school district’s affordable housing teacher village in 2025. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeted
  1. planned
  2. prepared
  3. designed
  4. organized
Verb
  • The firm said any impact would likely become more apparent from 2028, as most projects planned for 2027 are already committed.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • While popes always travel with ample medical care, the Vatican said no special or additional provisions are planned for Leo, including when the 71-year-old travels to Cusco, Peru, at an altitude of 3,400 meters (11,200 feet).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of planned
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
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • In a move designed to attract more voters, lawmakers attached language that would place a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the Missouri Constitution.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Most conventional optical systems are designed around coherent light, such as laser beams, whose waves maintain a stable relationship with one another.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of designed
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
Definition of organized

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“Budgeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgeted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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