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shoestring

[shoo-string] / ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ /










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For a while, it relied on a shoestring team that included two analysts, an economist, a director of research and a risk manager.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

"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

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

Although funds for chemical control came in never-ending streams, the biologists of the Illinois Natural History Survey who attempted to measure the damage to wildlife had to operate on a financial shoestring.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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