straitened
Example Sentences
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Fresh starts and reinvention have been a lure since the first gold seekers — the ones digging actual nuggets — flocked here from the more straitened and class-conscious East Coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
But merchants and analysts said the dollarization boost has proven insufficient in the face of limited credit, a depreciating local currency, higher taxes, straitened public spending amid lower oil income, and rising utility bills.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
The overall stats are heavily influenced by the biggest clubs, but in straitened times any increase is an achievement.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
A one-woman show like “Consent” is also relatively cheap to produce and tour, no small advantage in straitened times for the arts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
There Glenn was raised in permanently straitened means, for his father never again found steady work.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
