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The consortium said consumers were budgeting carefully to try to cope with cost of living pressures, and there was also a "natural return" for cash after it slumped during the pandemic.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

“Budgeting for Uncertainty,” a Theatre Communications Group survey of 99 member theaters this year, found that 62% were budgeting for a deficit, up from 30% in 2022 and 10% in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2023

“We didn’t have a crystal ball to look into as we were budgeting for 2021 and 2022, and we were elated,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

But officials said hiring had been so slow that they were budgeting only enough money to fill one-fifth of the vacancies in the next fiscal year in order to free money for other expenditures.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2011

However, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley insisted it was a saving in terms of the sums health trusts were budgeting against.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2010