budget
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While she said 10% of the health budget was the minimum they could accept - 15% was a longer term ambition.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Asked about the change in allegiances, he said he became disenchanted with the mayor over her handling of homelessness, the city budget and finally, the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
The show has been hit by production issues, including a reported budget cut of one million dollars, forcing organisers to issue a statement last month insisting it was going ahead.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
How do you beat a competitor who doesn’t have a budget, whose ambitions were more about PR than profits?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Margot, pored through the thick brochure three times without finding anything to her liking and within her budget.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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"There are always issues with budgets," Blecher insisted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Understanding these contributions can help researchers develop more complete carbon budgets, which track the sources, movements, and destinations of carbon within the Earth's systems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Leonardo, like many of its rivals, has emerged as a key beneficiary of higher defense budgets, with its stock up more than eightfold since February 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
I’ve found the heated discussions over income gaps and housing budgets to be just as juicy as the fights over intimacy as they head into their Netflix-sponsored nuptials.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
They start talking about serious things like budgets and numbers, which is my cue to get to the bus.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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The state budgeted about $4.1 billion for TK in the 2025-26 school year, alongside an additional $2.8 billion for its state preschool program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Abubakar has floated a plan for a "targeted" subsidy, described as "capped and budgeted production support tied to fuel refined in Nigeria" to help bring down prices at the pump.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
But manager Diana Logan‑Watts said diesel prices had "rocketed so quickly" that the extra costs were "not something that we had budgeted into account".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
That amount doesn’t include extra spending related to the U.S. military presence in Japan, which, when finalized, would likely push the total sum beyond the record 9 trillion yen budgeted for the current fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
At McMillan’s suggestion, Lawrence shrank his proposal to a 6-billion-volt machine budgeted at just under $10 million.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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If it feels like classic budgeting rules aren’t working for you, you’re not alone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
She added that, despite "budgeting proactively" and "being as careful as you can with savings and credit cards", rising bills mean people's financial situations are out of their control.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Adam Auriemma on budgeting, renting versus buying, investments, financial advisors, and more!
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Cruise was on board after their initial meeting in 2018, but budgeting and schedules delayed the project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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