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adjective

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Recent Examples of shoestring
Noun
In 2016, the Trump campaign relied on stadium rallies, TV appearances and social media to compensate for its shoestring budget and thin staffing. Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020 In Greater Cincinnati, a mighty, mostly volunteer needle-exchange effort on a shoestring budget started in 2014. Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2019
Adjective
But whoever cleared the song on the show’s shoestring music budget will forever have Everett’s gratitude. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 June 2025 In the end, the film was made on a shoestring budget of less than $2 million, most of it provided by Laokoon Filmgroup. Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shoestring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoestring
Noun
  • As the saying goes, her performance turns on a dime, sending what first appears to a pretty standard, well-meaning story about the global refugee crisis somewhere much more personal and much, much darker.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2025
  • But a baseball game can turn on a dime, and as steel- and charcoal-hued clouds began gathering over the ballpark and the first bolts of lightning cracked in the skies over Jersey Street, the Red Sox turned the tables.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Her long, spindly body operates in an anticipatory arch, her body gliding across the pitch in long, laboured strides until igniting into a blur, a combination of ferocity and grace.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 6 July 2025
  • Spiderwort can become spindly in deep shade or dry out in the sun, making partial sun just the spot for it in the South.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • These may resemble stringy algae or kelp plants that attach to rocks and other objects within the spring.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2025
  • The long stringy hair on our local lady newscasters needs to improve.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Having lived in Paris with Richardson on and off since late 1921, Hemingway was a struggling writer who could be spotted scribbling in Left Bank cafés—a tall, lanky Midwesterner with unkempt hair, wearing sneakers, old trousers and a patched jacket.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • The Ducks selected the lanky center (6-foot-5, 198 pounds) 10th overall in the first round of the NHL draft on Friday, making the Brandon Wheat Kings pivot the 11th forward in the Ducks’ past 14 selections and their third straight top pick up front.
    Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
  • Just who was this willowy blond from Iowa City, Iowa?
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Liam sang most of the songs in his reedy yowl, all charisma with his hands pulled behind his back, head tilted up toward the sky and a parka often inexplicably zipped all the way up to his chin.
    Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
  • Alejandro Arias, an American evangelist with a reedy voice, addressed the crowd.
    Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Panda flipped this model, embedding itself directly in the grower network and building tight, regional supply chains.
    Kasi Martin, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025
  • Rodman pulled her hair back into a tight bun and accessorized with delicate pieces of jewelry, including earrings, bracelets and rings.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • With two right-handers due up near the bottom of the Nationals’ lefty-heavy lineup, Estrada was called first and worked a 1-2-3 eighth with help from a rangy play by Wade.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • His profile is suited to exploiting the space on the transition: a rangy dribbler out wide with a knack for arriving in dangerous areas to finish.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 19 June 2025

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“Shoestring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoestring. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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