cost cutting

noun

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

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And that can’t be achieved purely through cost cutting and eliminating inefficiency. Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Medicaid, a top cost cutting target for the GOP, costs roughly $800 billion yearly. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025 Recent Department of Government Efficiency initiatives, driven by Elon Musk’s cost cutting efforts, make tapping into this critical source of talent more pertinent than ever. Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Aggressive cost cutting could reduce aggregate demand, as businesses and workers tied to that spending lose income, lowering GDP. Michael Khouw, CNBC, 10 Mar. 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 22 May. 2025.

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