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shoestring

[shoo-string] / ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ /










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Their shoestring budget, McCullough shows, forced the Wrights into creative experimentation, demanding the “ingenuity, as well as patience” required to test ideas that were “like nothing done by anyone until then.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 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

It was emblematic of her and Corbet’s then-burgeoning philosophy: of making lavish films on a shoestring, using stunning foreign environments to portray a bygone America and roping crew members and family into the collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

They were better than the brace-lace-lets—the shoestring jewelry—but not by much.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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