budget for
Britishverb
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The Health Department was allocated £381m to spend in 2026 as part of the government's budget for 2026-2029.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I don’t know how to budget for it,” Yoseph said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s government proposed its highest level of military spending ever at over $35 billion, in a $123 billion budget for 2027 unveiled on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Parliament is likely to receive the 2027 budget for review by the end of August.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Initially, he penciled out a construction budget of $500,000; by the end of the year, the budget for construction and ten years of operation looked more like $2 million.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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