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The word "deficit" is employed in literature to denote a shortfall or insufficiency, frequently in economic, political, or metaphorical contexts. In discussions of public finance, it refers to fiscal imbalances such as budget or trade deficits, urging measures for control or reduction ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). In historical narratives, writers use it to highlight the shortcomings in policy or resources during turbulent times ([6], [7], [8], [9]). Moreover, the term is adapted for figurative use, illustrating abstract deficiencies like personal shortcomings or symbolic gaps, as well as even in scientific descriptions of imbalance, whether in financial accounts or physical states ([10], [11], [12], [13]). This versatility underscores the word’s capacity to capture both tangible economic realities and more nuanced, allegorical lacks.
  1. And seventh, we must get the federal deficit under control.
    — from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents
  2. From a deficit of $290 billion in 1992, we had a surplus of $70 billion last year.
    — from State of the Union Addresses by Bill Clinton
  3. To make provision for a revenue deficit, the Government brought down a proposal for a general property tax.
    — from Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
  4. [157] The deficit in our Budget is large, but not beyond what firm and prudent statesmanship could bridge.
    — from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes
  5. The government has made steady strides in controlling its substantial fiscal deficit and aims to reduce the deficit to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2004.
    — from The 2004 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  6. To appease the Deficit we venture on a hazardous step, sale of the Clergy's Lands and superfluous Edifices; most hazardous.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  7. The blame of his Deficit our brave Calonne, as was natural, had endeavoured to shift from himself on his predecessors; not excepting even Necker.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  8. These same Finances give trouble enough; no choking of the Deficit; which gapes ever, Give, give!
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  9. To sit and die of deficit is no part of Lomenie's plan.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  10. Two days passed on without a visit From any creature; and, meanwhile, Old Time had made a huge deficit In Mistress Moon's well-rounded smile.
    — from The Fables of La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine
  11. The process of abridgment, of foreshortening, of which we have spoken, presupposes this deficit.
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
  12. A body having an excess of the fluid was said to be positively charged, while one with a deficit was said to be negatively charged.
    — from Makers of Electricity by Brother Potamian
  13. Si amor minuatur, cito deficit et raro convalescit.
    — from On Love by Stendhal

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