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.
• Fear a little bit, deficit hawks: That surplus has declined in five of the seven years since that record was set.
  — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
• Jacksonville became the first team in postseason annals to overcome a turnover deficit of at least five.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
• That’s the kind of deficit the president-elect would like to reverse in the U.S.’s favor.
  — Byjames Morris, Fortune Europe, 26 Nov. 2024
• During the course of the season, there were 52 games where a team overcame a deficit of 10 or more points to win or tie a game.
  — Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2023
• The Hogs erased a 21-point deficit and appeared ready to upset the Tide before Milroe showed out.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 19 Jan. 2023
• Toronto overcame a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime in Canada on Jan. 4, but Allen won the game for the Bucks with a three-pointer.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2023
• The policies have added $145 billion to the deficit, the CBO said.
  — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 19 June 2024
• 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
• The Pirates cut the deficit to 6-1 in the fourth on Oneil Cruz’s leadoff homer to right, his 18th of the season.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
• And smaller deficits are forecast for the next three years.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• But New York erased the deficit with a big third quarter, outscoring the Lynx 20-10.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Collins came back with another jumper to cut the deficit to 6 and then Young took over.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• The Suns came back to cut the deficit to six on a basket by Booker with 1:57 to play in the third quarter.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 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
• The deficit is small compared to the cash crunch that the state faced during the last recession.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 12 May 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
• The Mavericks cut the deficit to three points in the second half, but the last lead for the home team was at 7-6 in the first quarter.
  — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Stanford swiftly erased the deficit with seven runs in the fourth.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023
• But Gabby Williams made a 3-pointer to cut France’s deficit to one point.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
• Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit.
  — Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024