Instead, in the face of severe budget cuts, the space agency is coming dangerously close to abandoning the search for other worlds. (discovermagazine.com)
In the beginning, the concern with national public spending, led to severe budget cuts in 2011 and 2012. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
In the summer of 2013, the district superintendent announced that schools might not open on time, as severe budget cuts had led to insufficient staffing. (educationnext.org)