cost cutting

noun

: reduction in spending
The company needs to do some cost cutting.

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As alternative data point to a cooling job market, cost cutting, and AI were the leading factors for job cuts and were collectively responsible for roughly 82,000 layoffs in October, according to Challenger. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025 Current and former staffers, most of whom asked not to be named in order to speak candidly on the subject, told CNBC that several years of persistent cost cutting and layoffs have damaged morale, while pressure has simultaneously been building to innovate faster, especially around AI. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 The focus on cost cutting comes at a time when many counties are facing caseworker shortages. Tony Cook, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025 The Ellison family bought Paramount from its previous controlling shareholders, the Redstones, in August and more cost cutting has been anticipated, even as new management has spent millions to acquire rights to show UFC matches as well as the digital opinion site The Free Press. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cost cutting

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“Cost cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20cutting. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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