cash-strapped

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Recent Examples of cash-strapped Yet many Americans feel cash-strapped, burdened by high prices and inflation, and believe the economy isn’t working for them. David Moin, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025 Moreover, both undergrads and graduate students tend to be cash-strapped. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Many Texas districts are cash-strapped after legislators declined to substantially increase school funding last year. Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 The City Council has asked for a more extensive study — financed without new public funds — to determine the demand for service and where riders want to travel before committing more significant financial resources, especially with the city already cash-strapped. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025 Interim president Dwayne Tucker is part of a team of TSU graduates tasked with orchestrating a comeback for the beloved but cash-strapped university. Adam Tamburin, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 Yet many Americans feel cash-strapped, burdened by high prices and inflation, and believe the economy isn’t working for them. David Moin, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025 Moreover, both undergrads and graduate students tend to be cash-strapped. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Many Texas districts are cash-strapped after legislators declined to substantially increase school funding last year. Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cash-strapped
Adjective
  • Abrego Garcia, dressed in plain clothes and a baseball cap, became visibly distressed when talking about his family, particularly his 5-year-old son with autism, who was with him when he was arrested by U.S. authorities in Maryland.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • To report a distressed manatee or any other marine mammal, call the FWC’s hotline at 888-404-FWCC (888-404-3922).
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One of my tasks was to dig into her past — from her hardscrabble childhood to her recent business dealings.
    Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
  • And she’s been working to get Vans back to its own hardscrabble roots.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The detective here, blending a couple of characters from the book, is Inspector Leach, a depressed drinker so unkempt one wonders why he hasn’t been put on administrative leave.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
  • To my dismay, the leader started feeling depressed rather than taking the actions that were most required.
    Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The first movie tapped out with $86.1 million but became a sleeper hit on home entertainment, while the sequel ended its run with $174.3 million.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For example, the March 12 episode features Graves and three other male survivalists who tapped out -- that is, left early before the 21-day challenge concluded -- in earlier appearances.
    kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • That ecstatic communal experience is a glorious moment of freedom for oppressed people, most of them living hand-to-mouth in an environment of hatred and exploitation.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Both dropped out of college and essentially lived hand-to-mouth in order to pursue their musical dreams.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • After a short ceremony, the church will open to the public from: Wednesday: 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday: 7 a.m. to midnight Friday: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Despite scoring only five points at Penn State on March 1, Rice’s short baseline jumper with 17 seconds left cemented a 68-64 victory.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Zoom in: It's made one investment so far, a $10 million take-private last September of bankrupt solar installer iSun, yielding stakes in five companies: iSun Industrial, which the firm rebranded as Legacy Power.
    Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The party, once bankrupt and on the verge of irrelevance in the Bay State, was supposed to be reinvented with new blood at the top and a purging of the old poison like former party chair Jim Lyons.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Social Security is projected to become insolvent by 2034.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Imagine paying insurance premiums for years, expecting financial protection in times of need, only to discover that your insurer has been deemed insolvent.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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“Cash-strapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cash-strapped. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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