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 The comparison below highlights how Honeydue stacks up against popular alternatives in terms of features, budgeting approach and cost. — Catherine Collins, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Meaningful financial wellness requires more than budgeting tools or retirement education. — Sheri Atwood, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 The city is already budgeting for $10 million in backfill staffing costs from injuries this year alone. — Steve Large, CBS News, 22 June 2026 The report recommends that the city adopt a budgeting system to track its youth and child spending and better understand how the city is investing in young people. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 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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SpaceX is designing Starship, which stands more than 400 feet (121 meters) tall, to be a fully reusable rocket capable of launching missions to the moon, Mars or beyond.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026
In addition to Ranger, the companies are also designing a one-way attack variant known as Strike.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

Definition of designing

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As the first games were preparing to begin, the administration continued to find itself under global scrutiny for its visa decisions, such as denying entry to a referee from Somalia who had won accolades for his officiating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
After two years of preparing for the $250 million conversion of the Enfield Square Mall to housing, Woodsonia Real Estate has apparently lost its purchase agreement and now its plan is sidelined or dead.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of preparing

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Jean started organizing her daily routines around their conversations, and dreaming of their future together — a big house, a blended family, a new beginning.

— Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Here, the focus naturally turns toward organizing your thoughts, tackling errands and paying attention to the routines that shape your life.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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