cost cutting

noun

: reduction in spending

The company needs to do some cost cutting.

Examples of cost cutting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Optimization must be ongoing Perhaps the biggest difference between traditional, reactive cost cutting and cost optimization is that the latter should be performed continuously rather than in response to economic and marketplace swings. —Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025

As budget challenges grow, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Thursday night launched a new efficiency effort to promote cost cutting and streamlining in a county government that spends nearly $13 billion a year. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025

This pain was often felt by employees as leaders pushed forward with cost cutting measures without pausing to listen and respond to what employees were thinking, feeling, and recommending. —Jyoti Jani, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025

California spending $100 million to track methane emissions with satellites The valuation has fallen in recent years because Amazon has focused on efficiency and cost cutting, which has lifted its profitability. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for cost cutting

• abutting
• crosscutting
• rebutting
• butting
• gutting
• jutting
• meting
• putting
• rutting
• shutting
• smiting
• strutting