deficit
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In the past quarter, the U.S. current account deficit was $190.7 billion.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Officials told departments late last year that they needed to make cuts to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in the face of what at the time was a projected $936 million deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"Should we get a resolution that leads to a recovery in oil and gas supply then the US trade deficit will quickly deteriorate once again," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It would certainly ease the budget deficit if it could.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
She got so much blood that one doctor wrote a note in her record stopping all transfusions “until her deficit with the blood bank was made up.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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