deficit
Example Sentences
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Germany were floundering at that stage and, although they cut the deficit, Mouat closed out another couple in the ninth end to secure the win.
From BBC
In a 2012 email, she told Epstein the club was running deficits at times.
Most of the district budget is spent on personnel, and it is considering staff cuts after it projected a $1.6 billion deficit by 2027-28.
The San Francisco deal comes as the district is facing a $102-million budget deficit and is under state fiscal oversight because of a long-standing financial crisis.
From Los Angeles Times
U.S. natural gas futures held out for modest gains after the EIA reported a smaller-than-expected withdrawal from storage for last week, but one big enough to increase the deficit over the five-year average.
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