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deficit

[def-uh-sit, dih-fis-it] / ˈdɛf ə sɪt, dɪˈfɪs ɪt /


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The U.S. bond market has its own problems, from the Fed to the deficit.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

They flew out of the blocks, led by the evergreen Martin Boyle, and had wiped out the two-goal deficit within 15 minutes.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

A surprising surge in the trade deficit is expected to subtract an unusually large 1.0 to 1.5 percentage points from GDP, masking the strength of the underlying economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Through the first five months of 2026, the U.S. trade deficit totaled $297.91 billion, down about 10% from the same stretch of 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

After subsisting for three months on an exceedingly marginal diet, McCandless had run up a sizable caloric deficit.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Narrowing the imbalance in taxes on capital and labor is one way of dealing with the largest peacetime deficits on record.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Trade deficits are a negative for GDP, but they rarely have any immediate impact on ordinary consumers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The board’s vote “has made certain the District’s structural deficits continue.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Most of Wales and Northern Ireland have also had rainfall deficits, although parts of western Scotland have been wetter than average.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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