budget for
Britishverb
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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, currently working on the draft budget for 2027, has vowed to bring the deficit down to below three percent of GDP by 2029.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Rae declined to disclose the budget for “Screen Time.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
“So even a total loss is not a catastrophic hit to their GDP, but it is an extremely large hit to their government revenue and the budget for military spending,” said Dwivedi.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
While poorer consumers struggle to budget for higher energy prices, their higher-income peers feel bolstered by stock market gains.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Congress had signaled its enthusiasm for an expanded AEC program by allocating the agency a healthy budget for research, he explained.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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