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budget

[buhj-it] / ˈbʌdʒ ɪt /




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If you’re struggling to pay down debt, it may help to set a stricter budget.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Nobody wants to hear about budget constraints from people who helped create them, or that’s it’s someone else’s responsibility, or that making improvements is complicated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Then the budget envisages 2% annual reductions in NDD, totaling $2.5 trillion over the decade.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The funding requests in the proposed budget released last week must be approved by Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I disagreed, arguing that a Halloween party for local kids and military families who’d never seen the White House before was a perfectly appropriate use for a tiny slice of the Social Office’s entertaining budget.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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