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
Indeed, the fans are only now starting to get used to the USA's new straitened circumstances.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
Accepting that award, Sir the Baptist, one of the album’s producers, addressed the straitened finances of historically Black colleges and universities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Because of our straitened circumstances, my mother moved to Qunu, a slightly larger village north of Mvezo, where she would have the support of friends and relations.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
