How to Use deficit in a Sentence
deficit
noun- The team overcame a four-point deficit to win the game.
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Most of the gaping deficit won’t be closed with actual cuts.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
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On two separate occasions, Sporting cut a two-goal deficit to one.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024
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Dallas leads the series 3-0, a deficit that no team has come back from in NBA history.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
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Budget deficit could factor in Funding a variety of housing options can be a good thing, Mitchell said, if there are enough resources to go around.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
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Meanwhile, the trajectory of deficits and debt in the coming decades is spooking investors and policymakers more than the current levels.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
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Brown hopes to use the revenue to fill some of the city’s approximately $50 million deficit while mitigating personnel cuts.
—Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 July 2024
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When genes are not able to compromise, however, this can result in undesirable outcomes such as physical and mental deficits for the baby or even miscarriage.
—Jessica D. Ayers, The Conversation, 24 July 2024
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That will be what Minnesota needs to ride to the finish line if its to be the first team in NBA history to rally from a 3-0 deficit.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 May 2024
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The policies have added $145 billion to the deficit, the CBO said.
—Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 19 June 2024
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This will create a deficit on the side with the dumbbell.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
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The deficit ballooned in March this year to $378 billion.
—Cristina Larue, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2023
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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
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Re-al Mitchell’s 2-yard touchdown run cut the deficit to 10-7.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
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And smaller deficits are forecast for the next three years.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Parts of the Sierra are closing in on erasing the snowpack deficit.
—Sara Tonks, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
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Then came the pandemic and two years of real blowout deficits.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2023
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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
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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
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In the crucial fourth set, Eastlake rallied from a 12-7 deficit.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
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Houston rallied from a 21-0 deficit and tied the game early in the third quarter.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
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But Salesian cut its deficit to 31-27 at halftime with drives to the basket.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
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The District has a rainfall deficit of 4.5 inches since June 1.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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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
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If the Biden budget became law, deficits could be pruned $3 trillion over a decade.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
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