How to Use budget in a Sentence

budget

1 of 3 noun
  • We'll have to work out a budget so we can buy a new car.
  • The film has a million-dollar budget.
  • What's the average weekly budget for a family of five?
  • He's been trying to live on a budget of less than $1,500 a month.
  • And that goes to budget and staffing cuts.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Draw up a new budget, or pay off a debt.
    — Glamour, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The film doesn’t have a very big budget.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Make your worth the budget’s base.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • But the budget hinges on some big wins, too.
    — Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Keep in mind that flights are a big part of that budget.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Democrats can stand in the way of a budget measure.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Big impact doesn’t have to come with a big budget.
    — Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The best for you depends on your budget and sleep style.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Rehearsal was made part of the budget.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The tariffs helped put a dent in the pace of the budget deficit.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Pick store brands and budget-friendly cuts of meat.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 19 June 2026
  • Set the budget, name the value, and choose what feels worth it.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
  • This process reshapes more than the budget.
    — Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Now, here's when a budget airline makes sense.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And this trick is budget-friendly.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For them, sticking to a budget is a way to get creative.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Just how much has the spike in gas prices bitten into your budget?
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 20 June 2026
  • The task of crafting a state budget is never easy.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The studio was yelling at us about any budget overruns.
    — Simon Bland, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
  • Mulch is a very budget-friendly choice for a patio.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But the project was cut by the city because of budget constraints.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Then look at your party budget and see if there’s any wiggle room.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • Choose the version that feels good and still respects your budget.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
  • The city’s budget deficit is projected to grow over the next five years.
    — Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Per pupil assistance is up and down with budget changes.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026

budget

2 of 3 verb
  • I need to learn how to budget my time more wisely.
  • If we budget carefully, we will be able to go on the trip.
  • They budgeted millions of dollars to make the film.
  • He budgets $50 for entertainment each month.
  • Is this the right budgeting app for you?
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Is this budgeting app worth it?
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Here's how to use a budgeting app to get out of debt, step by step.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Use a budgeting app or even just a notebook.
    — Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Are free budgeting apps enough?
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • These show how much the city has budgeted for each project and how much it has been spent so far.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
  • If so, investors will need to budget those costs into the fund launch.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Are budgeting apps safe to link to your bank account?
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • Port officials say make sure to budget your time.
    — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 May 2026
  • Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 25 May 2026
  • So, now's the time to start budgeting your summer beach trip.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • That was about learning to budget your resources.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
  • If people overspend, teach them to budget.
    — Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Before turning back to head home, budget some time to pass through Freeport.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Make sure to budget this in so you're not left with any surprises, as not all tape has the same price tag.
    — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Those offers, Fred said, might be how some even budget their credit card spend.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The pressures mean Henry can only budget from one week to the next.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Dias said that this deferred benefit would allow the state to budget for the cost.
    — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Students who want to use free time to travel should budget for these expenses.
    — CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The council will have to budget for each project if voters approve the funding.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • All of the apps on our top budgeting apps list have bank-level encryption.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • This makes long-term budgeting stress-free as owners will know exactly how much to pay each month.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The port budgeted $61 million for the job.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026

budget

3 of 3 adjective
  • Downey is taking his first steps out of mega-budget blockbusters in some time.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
  • That’s not the kind of hold that the mid-budget neo noir was depending on after a muted opening.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Legacy was a mega-budget bet on the abstract instead of the specific.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Those looking for the beauty of a mid-budget film in theaters, then, may simply be looking in the wrong place.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 26 Feb. 2022
  • But to say that mid-budget movies don't exist anymore isn't completely true, film experts said.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Some of them are big studio tentpoles; some of them are micro-budget doodles; some of them seem to alienate on purpose.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 July 2021
  • Catherine Called Birdy is the kind of small, mid-budget adolescent film that rarely gets made anymore.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022
  • To open a mid-budget romantic comedy in theaters at this number, in this market?
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022
  • There isn’t a ton of competition in the ultra-budget wireless earbuds segment, but there is some.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 19 May 2022
  • Hamada’s mandate will be to release several mid-budget horror films for theaters and streaming a year.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But Hollywood hasn’t figured out what to do with mid-budget comedies since superhero movies took over the box office.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The city is allowed to re-budget unspent funding from previous years for eligible projects.
    — Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This super-budget pick is great for anyone who wants a small bookshelf with an unobtrusive, contemporary style.
    — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 Jan. 2023
  • With the decline in mid-budget studio movies and the rise of megafranchises, there simply aren’t as many romantic releases.
    — Vulture, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The logic of the movie industry right now seems to be that audiences are hard to lure into theaters for anything short of a mega-budget spectacle.
    — Robert Rubsam, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The competition in the ultra-budget true wireless headphones world is a little limited.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Universal’s slate of films set for release during the final stretch of the year includes a host of small- to mid-budget films boasting recognizable stars.
    — R.t. Watson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Senate Republicans are also at odds with the House over whether its appropriate to cut taxes in a non-budget year.
    — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Somebody stuffed pro-budget cut materials in peoples’ mailboxes.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Watcher, feels like an artifact of a different era, when smart mid-budget chillers were among the most anticipated coming attractions.
    — Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood churned out eight solid-to-great films—all mid-budget dramas, and all but two based on best-selling novels.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Together, their instincts and talent for producing mid-budget studio titles has proven these films can still attract a theatrical audience.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Many indie and mid-budget movies are bypassing the costly process of going into theaters, and are being sold off to streamers that pay a premium for exclusive new content.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2021
  • There is a lack of theatrical content, particularly films that are in the mid-budget range — $15 million to $90 million.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Dynamic windowing could actually be good for the production of those increasingly rare mid-budget movies, even if they’re not being seen in theaters.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2020
  • However, theaters are now almost entirely dependent on mega-budget action fantasies.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • But Nelson has more on his mind as his characters navigate the rapidly shifting entertainment landscape, amid the rise of streaming and the fall of the mid-budget drama.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But mid-budget action is a tough sell theatrically, with the cost of P&A often restrictively expensive.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Once a thriving genre, the big-screen romantic comedy has all but disappeared in recent years, as studios have turned increasingly away from mid-budget movies in favor of surefire tent-pole hits.
    — New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Turns out everyone thought the perfect thing to pair with Thanksgiving turkey was a mid-budget mystery with a superstar cast and a potentially gay detective.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2022

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