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shoestring

[shoo-string] / ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ /










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"Back in the day, it was difficult because you're working on a shoestring budget, trying to make things happen," says Painter.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

In fact, the nine most efficient teams on that basis all missed the playoffs and merely managed to be not completely terrible on shoestring budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

BATTAMBANG, Cambodia—Giving tiny loans to shoestring entrepreneurs was meant to be capitalism’s cure for global poverty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

The coach looked like an old gangster: broken nose, a scar on his cheek like a stitched shoestring.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier


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