shoestring
Example Sentences
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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
And it’s quite amazing that he made that kind of on a shoestring.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
He finally got some funding from Norman Lear himself and shot the movie on a shoestring budget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
He was running the Department of Medicine on a shoestring.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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