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deficits

NOUN

shortage of something needed, required

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loss shortfall

STRONG

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

WEAK

dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

WEAK

excess superfluousness

Example Sentences

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He cited Section 122, which allows the president to impose tariffs up to 15% for a maximum of 150 days without congressional approval to address large and persistent trade deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Three decades ago, a Democratic president and Republican Congress found enough common ground to eliminate the Reagan-era budget deficits and produce four straight annual surpluses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

There is no easy solution, and many are worried that U.S. borrowing costs could continue to climb in the years ahead if nothing is done to reduce the U.S.’s perennial budget deficits.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

In January, the Newsom administration anticipated significant operating deficits in the years ahead: $27 billion in 2027-28, $22 billion in 2028-29 and $23 billion in 2029-30.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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