Examples of belt-tightening in a Sentence
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The studio's belt-tightening — squeezing the budget down to $3.5 million due to Romero's unwavering artistic stance — left the director to later lament the divergence from his original ambitions.
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James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
Google has been on a belt-tightening, price-raising mission for about a year now, and part of that has involved across-the-board subscription price increases.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2023
Shares in Spotify jumped more than 11% when the New York Stock Exchange opened Monday, a familiar reaction to headcount reductions, with investors seeing belt-tightening as a good sign for reining in unnecessary staffing costs.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Dec. 2023
With studios in belt-tightening mode as streaming services struggle for profitability, the climate isn’t likely to change.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
But Google is also in belt-tightening mode, clamping down on projects companywide that aren’t paying off.
—WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
This time around, the space appears to have been hit with a general belt-tightening following a rosier stretch coming out of the pandemic, not to mention that the genre has been light on breakout hits in recent years.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
The new government is expected to introduce an era of financial belt-tightening and stricter immigration policies.
—Johanna Lemola, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Beignets are a Mardi Gras tradition stemming from when Catholics, in anticipation of the belt-tightening season of Lent, would use up all of their sugary and indulgent ingredients.
—Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
James Mercadante, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
Google has been on a belt-tightening, price-raising mission for about a year now, and part of that has involved across-the-board subscription price increases.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2023
Shares in Spotify jumped more than 11% when the New York Stock Exchange opened Monday, a familiar reaction to headcount reductions, with investors seeing belt-tightening as a good sign for reining in unnecessary staffing costs.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Dec. 2023
With studios in belt-tightening mode as streaming services struggle for profitability, the climate isn’t likely to change.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
But Google is also in belt-tightening mode, clamping down on projects companywide that aren’t paying off.
—WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
This time around, the space appears to have been hit with a general belt-tightening following a rosier stretch coming out of the pandemic, not to mention that the genre has been light on breakout hits in recent years.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
The new government is expected to introduce an era of financial belt-tightening and stricter immigration policies.
—Johanna Lemola, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Beignets are a Mardi Gras tradition stemming from when Catholics, in anticipation of the belt-tightening season of Lent, would use up all of their sugary and indulgent ingredients.
—Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belt-tightening. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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