cash-strapped

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Recent Examples of cash-strapped Many Texas districts are cash-strapped after legislators declined to substantially increase school funding last year. Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 Experts say many labs are short-staffed and cash-strapped, in some cases receiving only hundreds of dollars to complete tests that can cost thousands, such as analyses of rape kits or firearms. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024 Executives blamed a more spending-conscious and cash-strapped consumer. Brian Evans, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024 The big picture: Officials at school districts across the state lay blame at the feet of Texas lawmakers for leaving schools cash-strapped. Asher Price, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 The timing is on point, given that consumers feel increasingly cash-strapped and their confidence in the economy is showing signs of strain, according to Brett House, economics professor at Columbia Business School. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024 Gaza’s municipalities were already cash-strapped before the war, relying on revenue from utilities and other local services, Abu Saada said. Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 This is in large part, per New York Fed researchers, because Americans are cash-strapped due to higher prices for everything from groceries and rent to clothing and travel. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Apr. 2024 Now, the single mother of two boys, 8 and 11, is even more cash-strapped. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cash-strapped
Adjective
  • But researchers found that the incentives rarely got to the small businesses the program was intended to help, and journalists found developers were getting the breaks to build in areas that weren’t exactly distressed, including a slice of Fifth Avenue.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Others are more economically distressed, resulting in a greater reliance on Medicaid and income support benefits.
    Kristal Dixon, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This hardscrabble bunch of journalists and technicians is right at the coalface of the struggle against censorship.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The books detail Ditlevsen’s hardscrabble childhood, her flourishing early career as a poet and her catastrophic addictions, which left her wedded to a psychotic doctor and hopelessly dependent on opioids by her 30s.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 July 2024
Adjective
  • An even more alarming stat has to do with teens feeling depressed.
    John Brandon, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Aston Martin, which has been hit by persistent depressed demand in China and supply disruptions leading to manufacturing delays, had cut its production forecast by about 1,000 vehicles in September.
    Karen Gilchrist,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The first movie tapped out with $86.1 million but became a sleeper hit on home entertainment, while the sequel ended its run with $174.3 million.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For example, the March 12 episode features Graves and three other male survivalists who tapped out -- that is, left early before the 21-day challenge concluded -- in earlier appearances.
    kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • The brand recommends using them in tandem with NRTs to satiate the hand-to-mouth habit of vaping.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Teach your children how to avoid hand-to-mouth behaviors.
    Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • David Villar and/or Brett Wisely could figure into the mix until Kim was healthy enough to play short, enabling Chapman to return to third.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Even the short Tiffany story contains all these elements: The action rises when Tiffany’s man presents the stickpin to Morgan with a $5,000 asking price, and Morgan counters with a $4,000 offer.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • If not regulated, entire banks may be invested in speculative stock prices, which can then crash and decimate money supplies and bankrupt financial institutions.
    Reco McCambry, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Planet Fitness — Shares popped 6% after CNBC, citing court filings, reported the fitness chain wants to acquire bankrupt budget-fitness chain Blink Holdings.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Trust funds are used to shore up payments to Social Security beneficiaries and they're projected to become insolvent in 2035, one year later than estimated last year by the Social Security Board of Trustees, based on an annual report filed in May.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
  • After Social Security is insolvent, the program’s spending would be limited and likely result in a $16,500 cut in annual benefits for the typical dual-income couple retiring in 2033, the CRFB said.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024

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“Cash-strapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cash-strapped. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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