Example sentences for: discretionary

How can you use “discretionary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In addition, IT funds may be contained within the appropriations for a specific program or an overall administrative budget, making them less visible and, if part of discretionary spending, more subject to volatile changes in the federal budget.

  • If the final plan involves significant, unspecified cuts in real discretionary spending--and if most of those cuts occur in 2001 and 2002, when Bill Clinton will be a man of leisure--we should all be suspicious.

  • She also has the discretionary powers to appoint an independent counsel if she feels there would be a "personal, financial, or political conflict of interest" if normal Justice Department procedures were followed.

  • The program is discretionary, and Justice components can choose whether they want to include frequent flyer savings, lodging savings, or both.

  • It is equivalent to CBO's NIPA projection for Transfers, Grants, and Subsidies less Health, OASDI, and other discretionary spending.


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