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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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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
Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The initiative is launching at the Cannes Film Festival, and has aspirations to finance between five and 10 films a year at $2-25M budgets.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 May 2026
He is also known for strengthening student achievement, supporting mental health services, developing sustainable budgets, building leadership teams and improving district systems, the statement said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Whether that pencils out will depend on the data these early deployments produce, and whether that data reaches the finance teams who approve budgets.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Exploding enrollment drove up costs, squeezing state budgets.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
About eight in 10 respondents said gas prices are straining their household budgets, and 63% blame Trump for that increase given the war with Iran.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 9 May 2026
Other districts in Florida with a referendum have structured their budgets so that those funds can meaningfully increase educator pay.
—Clinton McCracken, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 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
Chicago Public Schools is rolling out its school-level budgets for next year.
—Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.
—James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The initiative is launching at the Cannes Film Festival, and has aspirations to finance between five and 10 films a year at $2-25M budgets.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 May 2026
He is also known for strengthening student achievement, supporting mental health services, developing sustainable budgets, building leadership teams and improving district systems, the statement said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Whether that pencils out will depend on the data these early deployments produce, and whether that data reaches the finance teams who approve budgets.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Exploding enrollment drove up costs, squeezing state budgets.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
About eight in 10 respondents said gas prices are straining their household budgets, and 63% blame Trump for that increase given the war with Iran.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 9 May 2026
Other districts in Florida with a referendum have structured their budgets so that those funds can meaningfully increase educator pay.
—Clinton McCracken, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 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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The City Council directed the city auditor to review its contracts with the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness, an agency that has received city funds to support efforts around homelessness.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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The recovery in achievement rates in the highest poverty districts, the report notes, seems to largely be due to federal relief funds given to state and local governments that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Fuel shortages mean transporting goods is more expensive, so prices for energy, food, medicine and other basic items have also risen as supplies begin to dwindle.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
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On Saturday, May 16, International Pickle Day, Smoothie King customers can enjoy a free 4-ounce Pickle Smoothie in stores only while supplies last.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Harbaugh plans to run a grueling training camp to try to better prepare the Giants for their early season games, but reversing a decade-plus of bad organizational habits and starts might take time.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Law Department plans to urge the City Council Finance Committee to advance the deal Monday for Arnold Day, who confessed to two separate 1991 slayings.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condominium deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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While small companies going out of business and leaving some customers empty handed can happen, the transactions are typically for much smaller amounts, such as deposits on furniture, according to Rheingold.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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More supplies from oil inventories could be released.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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That only looks to be getting worse, with oil prices yet to reach their peak levels and global inventories falling at a record pace, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
Verb
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But who conceptualizes and designs these games?—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
18 May 2026
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The brand designs high-quality athleisure that’s a tiny bit more affordable than the other big-name brands.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Learning a dozen-plus pitchers, getting a grasp on their repertoires, determining how they can best be handled and what makes each tick was a challenge, along with understanding how the Rays do things.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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This is about the leap toward specificity, to diving below the surface of the most broadly appealing, easy-to-synthesize dishes — the ones, from any nation’s cuisine, that rarely make their way into restaurant repertoires.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways.—
Amy Reyes
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Budgets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgets. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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