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The phrase "around budget" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used informally to indicate something is approximately within budget, but it is not a widely accepted expression.
Example: "We need to ensure that our expenses are around budget to avoid overspending."
Alternatives: "within budget" or "approximately budgeted".
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Instead of extending government benefits (through federal stimulus aid and health insurance coverage), Chapter 2 will revolve around budget austerity.
"It was not the in-your-face type of discussion that you usually get into around budget time".
Ever since 2010, an odd choreography has developed around budget time between George Osborne and the media.
"They would lobby almost always around budget time," Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry, the head of the Correction Committee, recalled.
Cities and states are notorious for crying wolf around budget time, and for issuing dire warnings about draconian cuts that never seem to materialize.
Osborne can take comfort from the fact that, looking at the run up to general elections between 1996 and 2010, the polls show little to no movement around budget day.
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This time around, budgets will be set for four years – up to the next general election in 2020.
At around $40m budget, Lone Survivor is looking more likely to recoup.
This time around, the budget goal is for nearly $85 million, a figure administration officials say could grow to $100 million.
Inflation has come down from an average above 20% to around 5%. Debt has come down from 80% of GDP to around 60%, budget deficits from 5% to 3%.
Going direct to patients is a way around budget-squeezing health-maintenance organisations (HMOs).
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