Example Sentences

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Unlike the federal government, states are required to have balanced budgets.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

However, as you mentioned, AI also offers immense potential benefits in various fields, and it's important to have balanced discussions about its role in our future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Cities that have balanced their budgets and improved their infrastructure on the back of new development are finding their communities crumbling with no way to finance repairs.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2023

Ukrainian generals have balanced limited but continuous counterattacks with an active defense, while also being forced to allocate scarce air-defense capabilities to protect civilians.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Only a consummate politician could have balanced the interests of regents, legislators, professors, and philanthropists to build the University of California into the first-class academic institution it had become.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik