cut costs

idiom

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

Examples of cut costs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That makes Los Angeles less attractive to studios looking to cut costs after major industry disruption. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Piasecki says his team’s research illustrates that investments in the customer can boost revenues by 10% to 15%, cut costs by up to 20%, and improve customer retention rates by more than 30%. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024 Proposals for the extension came in roughly 35% over budget, The Star has learned, which set off a scramble over the summer to find more money and look for ways to cut costs. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024 To cut costs, the church has reduced its budget by about $800,000, canceled a planned choir tour of Britain and delayed nearly $4 million in capital projects. Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024 The cut costs would be reinstated for the 2025-26 fiscal year under the current budget proposal. Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024 But others are making the emotionally difficult decision to destroy or donate their genetic material to science to cut costs. Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 Companies are under enormous pressure to cut costs right now. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 But Gray, Stitzel and Gilmore — who did not respond to requests for comment — reduced the workforce that serviced the wells and limited repairs to cut costs. Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024

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“Cut costs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20costs. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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