How to Use on a small/tight/shoestring budget in a Sentence

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  • It was sold to Lampert, who has kept the brands alive on a shoestring budget.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • This thing sold for $20 million to Netflix at Sundance and was made on a small budget.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Get our best birthday recipes and ideas for DIY decor to host a summer party on a small budget.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The label is what drew me in at the time and the wine was perfect for someone just getting into wine on a tight budget.
    — Noël Burgess, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Both the films are made on a small budget and released in limited screens across India.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • What is one tip for marketing a new business on a tight budget?
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • While Daru was hand-built on a tight budget, the team is splurging on one of the best design houses in the city, Edit at Streetsense, for Tapori.
    — Anna Spiegel, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Kids will love having their old photos on hand, and the nostalgic nature of the gift makes a big impact on a small budget.
    — Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2022
  • That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget.
    — Ana B. Ibarra, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • While organized crime groups appear to have endless cash to pay for guns, bribes, and more, the government is on a tight budget.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The owner won’t spend and the GM lacks the creativity necessary to build a winning team on a shoestring budget.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • Four years ago, the team, which operates on a shoestring budget, came to the attention of Shai Doron, the president of the Jerusalem Foundation.
    — Miriam Jordan Afif Amireh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The film, made on a small budget, was also an enormous commercial success.
    — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 18 June 2024
  • And yet, Conti delivered the goods on a small budget when Avildsen gave him another chance.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Produced on a shoestring budget, the film barely made a ripple on its initial release.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Those sides that could be crucial to netball’s inclusion in the Olympics have done a lot on a shoestring budget, but are slowed in their development.
    — Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 11 Aug. 2024
  • My mother used to make soup on a Tuesday and serve it with cheese and pickle on a crusty baguette for dipping, said Ian Bursnall in his new book of delicious recipes for cooks on a tight budget.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Its cheese grater-like design isn’t going to win a ton of style points, but sometimes practicality wins out on a tight budget.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 July 2024
  • But when architect Andre Herrero is involved, like in the case of this 1970s home in West Hollywood, no kitchen is a lost cause, even on a shoestring budget.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 June 2023
  • With a plan to shoot on location across London and Orkney in late 2022, Fingscheidt assembled a small German crew to make the film on a shoestring budget.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The program operates on a small budget and relies on the generosity of outside donors.
    — Mckayla Lee, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The author began cooking for himself in college on a shoestring budget.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2023
  • His was an imagination on a tight budget, primed for a Cold War ecosystem of drive-ins, horror comics and nuclear nightmares.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • Lewandowski then kept the project going on a shoestring budget with no union affiliation under the name the Worker’s Project.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • After years of operating on a shoestring budget, the abundance felt like a relief.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • It was filmed in Los Angeles at several dozen locations in less than month on a shoestring budget.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The film, which saw success in the European film festival circuit, was made on a small budget of around $5,000 — a gift to Colagrande from her grandmother.
    — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Neo Office and Gaming Chair For those who want comfort but find themselves on a tight budget, here’s a supportive, under-$75 option that’ll arrive in just two days.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
  • The Takeaway Turkey’s navy has shown other middle-sized naval forces worldwide that naval air power is now available on a shoestring budget.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, that intensity is replaced by the latent, looming chaos of trying to build and open a brand-new restaurant on a shoestring budget.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2023

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