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.
• 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
• 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
• Then came the pandemic and two years of real blowout deficits.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
• But the ground game was going awry long before the Broncos were forced to chase a two-score deficit.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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 in the last two years, the state has been forced to temporarily raise business taxes and cut spending to close large deficits.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024