Definition of retrenchment
: reduction, curtailment;
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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The restructuring comes as Throsby, backed by Chief Executive Officer Jes Staley, encourages the investment bank to take more risks and recapture market share after years of retrenchment and dwindling profitability.
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And accompanying that, in the intervening three decades there were two major transitions, politically, and with each transition, there has been in some ways a retrenchment.
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Large expansions are usually followed by restrictions and retrenchment.
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Barack Obama pursued a foreign policy of retrenchment, and was openly sceptical about the value of hard power.
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The overall impact of the policy, say diplomats, politicians and analysts interviewed around the world, has been a clear retrenchment of U.S. power — and an opportunity for U.S. adversaries such as China and Russia.
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Most Popular The retrenchment isn't typical for cryptos, which often snap back after a few losing sessions.
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The retrenchment isn’t typical for cryptos, which often snap back after a few losing sessions.
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Congressional leaders then moved to pass a compromise version that significantly curbed government collection of millions of Americans’ phone records in the first significant retrenchment of government spying powers since the 9/11 attacks.
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circa 1600
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