cost cutting

noun

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

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And as the company is still growing at a healthy clip, margin expansion can be accomplished without cost cutting, but through cost maintenance. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025 The fix for Dine Brands does not start with another marketing campaign or another round of cost cutting. Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 There are fewer and fewer of those: the late-night-television industry has been contracting for years, and musicians have been early casualties of the cost cutting. Chris Almeida, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025 Much of his focus has been on cost cutting, which has improved Intel’s outlook to return to profitability but raised concerns the chipmaker may be bowing out of the race for technological leadership. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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