Thesaurus results for BUDGETING

budgeting

verb

present participle of budget

as in planning

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 budgeting That approach can make budgeting more predictable and help agencies identify unused or underutilized licenses before committing to additional purchases. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 What's the difference between needs and wants when budgeting? — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Many budgeting apps automatically sync bank transactions and can even categorize them for you. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 21 July 2026

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Tom Burwell, Sunderland’s chief executive, is alongside Ghisolfi in planning the next steps.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Pimpton was initially planning to enter the portal, but opted to return to Fort Worth for another year.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Definition of planning

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The next few years will show whether the space industry really leaves disposable satellites behind and starts building them to be caught and repaired, or simply gets neater about throwing them away, designing them to burn up on the way down.

— Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Lotus Sport even helped win an Olympic gold medal for Great Britain, designing the radical carbon-fiber bicycle that Chris Boardman pedaled to victory in 1992.

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026

Definition of designing

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Although the storefront marks a significant milestone, Thomas says the business has always been about preparing his daughters for the future rather than simply increasing sales.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state, as well as publishing Islamic State propaganda on his Instagram account and other charges, prosecutors said.

— Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of preparing

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The director of the 2028 iteration of the Aichi Triennale, one of the largest international art festivals in Japan, will be Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, the event’s organizing committee announced on Friday.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026
In April, Ukraine imposed sanctions on five Russian cultural figures involved in organizing the country’s contribution.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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