cut costs

idiom

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

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Layoffs have hit the highest level for the month of October since 2003, and hiring has slowed to the lowest point in 14 years as companies look to cut costs and make room for AI integration, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025 Earlier this week, Saks Global reorganized its top management to cut costs and improve relations with brands and vendors, positioning its chief executive officer, Marc Metrick, to be more directly involved with brand partners. David Moin, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025 Now, they’re left to cut costs elsewhere to ensure bills get paid. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025 Major disaprities in prescription rates run across racial, economic and geographic boundaries, April 2025 research found, even to the point some Americans are cooking their own GLP-1 drugs at home to cut costs. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 Oct. 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 13 Nov. 2025.

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