How to Use deficit in a Sentence

deficit

noun

• The team overcame a four-point deficit to win the game.
• She has a slight hearing deficit in her left ear.
• We will reduce the federal budget deficit.
• The government is facing a deficit of $3 billion.
• This will create a deficit on the side with the dumbbell.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
• The deficit ballooned in March this year to $378 billion.
  — Cristina Larue, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2023
• Bill Clinton’s deficit was in the midteens for much of the off year in the 1992 election.
  — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
• Re-al Mitchell’s 2-yard touchdown run cut the deficit to 10-7.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• And smaller deficits are forecast for the next three years.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• He got stuffed, the Chiefs then took over and drove downfield for a field goal to cut their deficit to 17-16.
  — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
• His first assist of the game was on a free kick in the 68th minute to cut Miami’s deficit to 2-1.
  — Laurel Pfahler, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
• Still, the budget deficit is on track to grow to $1.6 trillion this year and $2.6 trillion over the next decade.
  — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Barker scored six straight baskets for the Cougars to cut the deficit to 20-16 at halftime.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• Kim Hye-yong halved the deficit in the 81st minute to set up a tense finish, but the visitors failed to score again.
  — Neel Shelat, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit.
  — Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• Then came the pandemic and two years of real blowout deficits.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
• In the rematch, Half Moon Bay scored three in the home half of the seventh to erase a 4-1 deficit and force extra innings.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Wimsatt then threw a pass to Christian Dremel for the 2-point conversion and cut the deficit to three.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
• In the crucial fourth set, Eastlake rallied from a 12-7 deficit.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Houston rallied from a 21-0 deficit and tied the game early in the third quarter.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• But Salesian cut its deficit to 31-27 at halftime with drives to the basket.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• Carpenter drew a four-pitch walk for the Tigers' first run in 20 innings, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2023
• If the Biden budget became law, deficits could be pruned $3 trillion over a decade.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• Vest, who hasn't pitched well since his mid-August return from the injured list, failed to keep the deficit at two runs.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
• Lopez: Wants to increase staffing, and ensure that, even in the face of looming deficits, the city doesn’t lay off officers.
  — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• Williams and Glenn started in the second half and helped powered the run that rallied the Cards from an 11-point deficit to taking a brief lead on a Williams 3.
  — The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2024
• That new revenue would help pay for the tax cuts for low- to middle-income families and to reduce the deficit, the White House says.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Newsom and the state Legislature now must come up with a plan to cover this deficit.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
• The lack of rain in May and months preceding it increase the likelihood of soil moisture and streamflow deficits in the months ahead.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• One poor pitch in either scenario would have dumped the Rangers into an early deficit.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024