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
Idaho Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Even though public frustration with clock changes is high, the issue has repeatedly fallen behind higher-stakes legislative fights involving budgets, defense, immigration and taxes.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The number is most useful as an upper-end benchmark; individual budgets will vary.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
By and large, the siblings’ Hollywood sensibilities — David’s explosions, spectacle and big budgets to Megan’s auteurs, festivals and awards — have been seen as antithetical.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Aguhar was very much on the ground, as his work at Crossroads involved funding groups with annual budgets of less than $500,000.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Families want transparency around decisions that impact students, staffing and budgets.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 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
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
Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
Those cuts are now baked into the base budgets for agencies, and lawmakers will vote on them in the coming weeks.
—Idaho Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Even though public frustration with clock changes is high, the issue has repeatedly fallen behind higher-stakes legislative fights involving budgets, defense, immigration and taxes.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The number is most useful as an upper-end benchmark; individual budgets will vary.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
By and large, the siblings’ Hollywood sensibilities — David’s explosions, spectacle and big budgets to Megan’s auteurs, festivals and awards — have been seen as antithetical.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Aguhar was very much on the ground, as his work at Crossroads involved funding groups with annual budgets of less than $500,000.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Families want transparency around decisions that impact students, staffing and budgets.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 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
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
Verb
The city budgets $250,000 each year for rebates.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
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Emergency funds need a PR makeover.—
Christine Benz,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The deputy chief investment officer manages investment strategy for public funds, including global stocks and bonds.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The two teenagers had brought knives, plastic bags, and other supplies from Rachel’s home before driving to a remote area near the Pennsylvania border.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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The family sells possessions for cash, purchases supplies to continue onward, hires a driver but can’t afford to be driven the full distance.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Next, the group plans to demand the county stop spraying along the Santa Ana River, which reaches the ocean on the south side of Huntington Beach.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In Burbank, California, Kim Williams, owner of the Enchanted Florist, carefully plans her flower delivery routes to save on gas.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Investigators allege those payments were instead taken out of the mail stream, changed and then cashed remotely using mobile deposits tied to accounts in the Houston area.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Its acidity helps cut through grime, dissolving dirt and breaking down grease and mineral deposits.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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But Ukraine’s inventories of Patriot batteries and their PAC-3 missiles are limited, as Zelensky made clear in recent remarks.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Trump dismissed reports suggesting that recent military operations against Iran were rapidly depleting key missile inventories, arguing instead that the US is moving to significantly strengthen its industrial base.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Mar. 2026
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The new state officer program is run by the Center for Health Care Strategies, a nonprofit that designs and implements policies to improve health outcomes for people enrolled in Medicaid.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Family-owned and operated in San Diego County since 1992, Greenway designs and builds outdoor environments that balance beauty with performance — water-wise planting, durable hardscape and lighting that extends a space well beyond daylight hours.—
Philip Jordan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 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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“Budgets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgets. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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