1
as in funds
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
we've spent a little more than our budget this year
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2
as in supplies
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the tour group had a whole budget of complaints
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as in plans
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 budgets
Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
High child care costs are a financial strain on families and can prevent parents from entering the workforce, further stretching budgets.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
But lawmakers have been chugging away at a lengthy docket, focusing on issues from state budgets to cell phones in schools.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Timothy Oh, at COL Group International revealed that as much as 90% of microdrama budgets went to marketing rather than production, a user-acquisition business increasingly akin to mobile gaming.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Ongoing controversies with and changes to the 2023 and 2025 property tax cycles in Jackson County have disrupted some school districts’ budgets, including Independence.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
This development should not come as a surprise as the affordability issue that has gone nationwide has stretched the budgets of many Americans in recent years.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
In an alarming change that could force Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Altos Hills to slash millions of dollars from their budgets or raise local taxes, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is revamping a long-standing contract that provides those cities with public safety services.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, however, school districts throughout the state are having remarkable difficulty in balancing their own budgets this year.
—Dan Walters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
The United States, which leads the ranking, budgets almost $900 billion for its military.
—Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Shotts, who shares her grocery savings tips on a video blog called VloggswithBecks, budgets $120 in groceries for two weeks for herself and her husband.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The city budgets annually for legal purposes and is also taking cost-saving measures this year to help cover the full cost of the payment, according to a spokesperson for the mayor.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
New York currently budgets just $1 million to fund a guardianship hotline, and the legal arrangements receive little official oversight, with responsibility for people’s wellbeing spread among the courts, nonprofit organizations, private lawyers and companies.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
Senate Bill 4 was also amended to remove a number of House amendments including economic development reporting, tax credit reviews and public library budgets.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
High child care costs are a financial strain on families and can prevent parents from entering the workforce, further stretching budgets.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
But lawmakers have been chugging away at a lengthy docket, focusing on issues from state budgets to cell phones in schools.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Timothy Oh, at COL Group International revealed that as much as 90% of microdrama budgets went to marketing rather than production, a user-acquisition business increasingly akin to mobile gaming.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
Ongoing controversies with and changes to the 2023 and 2025 property tax cycles in Jackson County have disrupted some school districts’ budgets, including Independence.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
This development should not come as a surprise as the affordability issue that has gone nationwide has stretched the budgets of many Americans in recent years.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
In an alarming change that could force Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Altos Hills to slash millions of dollars from their budgets or raise local taxes, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is revamping a long-standing contract that provides those cities with public safety services.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, however, school districts throughout the state are having remarkable difficulty in balancing their own budgets this year.
—Dan Walters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Elections Department typically budgets $300,000 per year for such efforts.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
The United States, which leads the ranking, budgets almost $900 billion for its military.
—Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Shotts, who shares her grocery savings tips on a video blog called VloggswithBecks, budgets $120 in groceries for two weeks for herself and her husband.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The city budgets annually for legal purposes and is also taking cost-saving measures this year to help cover the full cost of the payment, according to a spokesperson for the mayor.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
New York currently budgets just $1 million to fund a guardianship hotline, and the legal arrangements receive little official oversight, with responsibility for people’s wellbeing spread among the courts, nonprofit organizations, private lawyers and companies.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgets
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Texas Longhorns have a down year financially The campaign funds did not flow as freely for the Longhorns in the 2025 fiscal year.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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For the better part of 2024, Dech has spearheaded the railroad’s lobbying campaign to restore the money which was cut, a move that Dech estimates would bring Tri-Rail to a halt by July 2027 if the funds were not replaced.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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In areas of intense fighting — especially in Darfur — famine is spreading and food and basic supplies are scarce.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The warnings come as technology companies looking to cash in on the AI boom through aggressive investments in AI infrastructure are straining memory chip inventories, leaving manufacturers in other memory-intensive sectors, like smartphone and PC producers, scrambling to secure chip supplies.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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In Hawaii, another state that plans to tax the accounts, those with more than $1,000 in unearned income, such as dividends in their accounts, might owe taxes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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In the southeastern United States, Aldi plans to convert 80 grocers to the Aldi format this year, for a total of more than 200 conversions in that market from 2024 through the end of 2027.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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This shouldn't be taxed at withdrawal if families track deposits, experts say.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
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Citing a recently growing problem, legislators said that out-of-state residents have been driving truckloads of bottles to Connecticut in order to make money from the deposits of 10 cents.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The warnings come as technology companies looking to cash in on the AI boom through aggressive investments in AI infrastructure are straining memory chip inventories, leaving manufacturers in other memory-intensive sectors, like smartphone and PC producers, scrambling to secure chip supplies.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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Key reports on building inventories and retail sales will be released along with the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.—
Kyle Arnold,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Joshua Blank, who designs and conducts polls for the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, pointed to Trump’s declining popularity since his reëlection as a liability for the Republicans heading into the general election.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The bank initiated the power infrastructure company, which designs electrical distribution equipment used in data centers and energy-intensive industrial facilities, at a buy rating.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Families or groups tend to go out for kebabs, and the standard repertoires available at these restaurants appeal broadly by design.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Some of it comes from being different ages, playing different instruments and different repertoires.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In 1893, Scottish-Canadian author, Robert Barr, wrote a short story about an unhappy married couple that was vacationing in the Swiss Alps when the husband plots to push his wife off of a cliff.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Outside,
26 Feb. 2026
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Various accusations were leveled against the owners of both groups during the course of the hearing, with two operators of Cesar Rainey Street being implicated in drug trafficking and arson plots separately.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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