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cut costs

idiom

: to spend less money
The company has tried to cut costs in several areas.

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Oil giant ConocoPhillips announced plans in September to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, as part of broader efforts from the company to cut costs. Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 Guy Fieri says Thanksgiving can be affordable and shares how families can cut costs to celebrate the holiday on a budget. Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Wiemer was the Milwaukee Brewers' fourth-round draft pick in 2020, a year when the annual MLB Draft was sliced to only five rounds from 40 as owners looked to cut costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2025 In 2020, WisconsinEye furloughed some of its employees and made other decisions to cut costs as donations dried up during the pandemic. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut costs

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“Cut costs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20costs. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.

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