shoestring
Example Sentences
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Silicon Valley startups are setting up open models, with some operating on shoestring budgets because of limited interest from venture capitalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
On the grandest stage, they simply couldn’t overcome their richer, name-brand foes, always in need of one or two more good players that they couldn’t afford on their shoestring budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The cutesy performance shtick around a shoestring variety show — imagine Pee-wee’s Playhouse without the bewitching oddity — grows wearying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Started on a shoestring in 1898 by a former slave, the life insurance company grew vigorously, spinning off a black-owned bank and a fire insurance company.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
