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Discover LudwigThe phrase "overrun budget" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe a situation where the amount of money spent on a project or task exceeds the initial budget that was set. Example: The construction project went over budget and had an overrun budget of $20,000. In this sentence, "overrun budget" is used to describe the situation where the amount of money spent on the construction project exceeded the initial budget amount that was set.
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Whether it's IT contracts, infrastructure construction or military munitions, we can all think of far too many examples of missed deadlines and overrun budgets.
The project has faced delays of more than two years and overrun budgets, but is still an international flagship for fusion research.
Every Games since 1960 has overrun its budget.
"Every single major project under way experienced a significant delay in time and overrun in budget -- not two or three out of five, but five out of five.
They could choose their own value for "optimism bias" in public procurement, which means the amount by which they guessed that a public project might overrun its budget.
It is budgeted at a whopping $45 billion, but history shows that schemes to build new capitals tend to overrun their budgets wildly.
"And then, with construction overruns, the budget was up to, like, 13.5 million bucks".
The museum regularly overran its budget and dipped into its endowment to cover operating costs, which is scandalously irresponsible.
(Mr. Nouvel's creation overran its budget and its final cost was around $300 million, making it the world's most expensive concert hall).
I recognize that NASA cannot push a system to launch more frequently than it is capable of, because this could mean overrunning the budget or, worse, cutting corners on safety.
That was fine when the Soviet Union was rattling its sabre and the Pentagon did not seem too bothered that weapons programmes usually overran their budgets.
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