cash-strapped

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Recent Examples of cash-strapped 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 The number of private shelters has gradually increased since Japan adopted its Act on Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims in 2001, yet many are cash-strapped. Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2023 The projections are contained in an internal presentation shared with members of its board of directors Wednesday after a contentious meeting that laid bare disagreements over the future of the critical but cash-strapped agency. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cash-strapped
Adjective
  • Olympia coaxes that out of her thanks to a security video Matty obtained from the nail salon where Katya works, showing a woman with the same birthmark on her hand as Caruso’s speaking to a clearly distressed Katya.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Financial sponsors have shied away from distressed restaurant opportunities amid an increasingly challenging macroeconomic backdrop.
    Kimberly Chin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • His hardscrabble background gives him a genuine connection to the white working-class voters who animate Trump’s base and will have outsize influence in the election.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024
  • Six weeks after the perplexing murders, across the country in a small, hardscrabble Pennsylvania town in the Poconos, Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old criminology graduate student, was arrested.
    Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Adjective
  • Deadpool, is depressed, according to a synopsis by Showtimes.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Amid a glut of dour, depressed series with Serious Things to Say, a show that carries itself so lightly is absolutely welcome.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 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
  • His short fiction has appeared in a variety of national literary magazines and anthologies.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The tasteful memorial features a short labyrinth walkway that ends at the sculpture of a miner holding a pick-axe and a harp, one of Ireland’s national symbols.
    James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • In October 2023, Google’s Russian subsidiary was recognized as bankrupt by a Moscow court.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The Madisons recently purchased the bankrupt Historic John P. Furber Farm wedding venue in Old Cottage Grove and renamed it The Madison.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • That pension was projected to become insolvent in 2032 without the boost.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • If not for this assistance, the fund was on pace to be insolvent and out of money by 2033.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Cash-strapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cash-strapped. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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