over budget
idiom
: beyond the amount of money than had been planned for
The director always goes over budget on his films.
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This means the first crew launch of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, running years behind schedule and more than $1.4 billion over budget, aboard an Atlas V rocket won't happen before next Tuesday, May 21, at 4:43 pm EDT (20:43 UTC).
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
Listen to this article Following weeks of outcry from parents, teachers, students and even the state Office of Child Advocate over budget cuts at Hartford Public Schools, state and city leaders Thursday pledged an additional $10.5 million to help save jobs and close the budget gap.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
At the same time, new reactors under construction in Finland and France have gone billions of dollars over budget, casting doubt on the affordability of nuclear power plants.
—Ernest Moniz, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2011
In fact, every Olympics since 1960 has been over budget, and an analysis from the University of Oxford found the games overrun their costs by an average of 172%.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
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Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
Listen to this article Following weeks of outcry from parents, teachers, students and even the state Office of Child Advocate over budget cuts at Hartford Public Schools, state and city leaders Thursday pledged an additional $10.5 million to help save jobs and close the budget gap.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
At the same time, new reactors under construction in Finland and France have gone billions of dollars over budget, casting doubt on the affordability of nuclear power plants.
—Ernest Moniz, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2011
In fact, every Olympics since 1960 has been over budget, and an analysis from the University of Oxford found the games overrun their costs by an average of 172%.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Over budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20budget. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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