shrinking budget

collocation in English

meaningsofshrinkandbudget

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shrink
noun[C]
uk
/ʃrɪŋk/us
/ʃrɪŋk/
a ...
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budget
noun
uk
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able ...
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(Definition ofshrinkandbudgetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If, with ashrinkingbudget, we are spending an ever higher portion of that budget on procurement, there is less to spend on personnel.
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What lies behind the problem of theshrinkingbudget?
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In my view, even with theshrinkingbudget, there is no need for such dramatic savings to be made in adult education.
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In the early part of his remarks, he took as his text the aphorism that quality cannot be sustained on ashrinkingbudget.
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Trying to meet extra needs and demands from ashrinkingbudgetclearly places great strain on other aspects of the aid budget.
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The obvious strain of thatshrinkingbudgetis clear for all to see.
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However, with a vastlyshrinkingbudgetthings didn't pan out as planned.
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Financing state or federally mandated services with limited and shrinking budgets remains challenging.
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Nevertheless, school libraries will have to deal with shrinking budgets and changing roles for both librarians and libraries.
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The notional in-service date for the replacement trainer was 2017, but shrinking budgets have pushed initial operating capability to around 2023.
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State and city governments are looking for ways to generate more tourism revenue to meet the needs of shrinking budgets that fund vital public programs.
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