deficit
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After being more than a second slower than Antonelli in Friday practice, Russell had been told by the team that the deficit was caused by driving style.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They expect the endowment tax on realized returns to add another $98 million to the deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Changes in housing policy, retirement savings expansions, and early wealth-building accounts, such as 530A, or “Trump accounts,” can help close the wealth deficit, the authors wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The 27-country EU's trade deficit in goods with China hit around 360 billion euros in 2025, meaning the EU imported way more from the Asian nation than it exported there.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Perhaps some missing genes contribute to the spatial deficit.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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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
Taylor finds that, with herself as well as the women she works with, the issue is not so much about deficits but about psychological blocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
"For decades, the city has been living beyond its means and is now making up its budget deficits at the expense of tourism," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
“UC has finite resources and can help only so many students, and only when the preparation deficits they need to overcome are within reach,” the letter reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
I began thinking about what would happen if we all just acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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