retrenchment

noun re·trench·ment \ ri-ˈtrench-mənt \

|Updated on: 4 Aug 2018

Definition of retrenchment

: reduction, curtailment; specifically : a cutting of expenses

Recent Examples of retrenchment from the Web

Any retrenchment by such firms could cool the country’s all-important property market, which accounts for the bulk of the investment activity that drives much of China’s economic growth.

— manju dalal, WSJ, "Fearing Yuan’s Slide, China Puts New Limits on Property Companies’ Bonds," 28 June 2018
But the impact of the retrenchment on the shortform video community is far from clear, especially as Comcast, ABC and Fullscreen also have backed away.

— natalie jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter, "After Go90's Collapse, Who's Buying "Snackable" TV Now?," 12 July 2018
This retrenchment has resonated with officers in Rockford and around the country.

— ben austen, The New Republic, "How one American city chose to tackle crime, combat racism, and reckon with the legacy of police brutality," 21 June 2018
But Latin America, a region of more than 600 million people, is suffering its own retrenchment.

— ioan grillo, The New Republic, "When Democracy Isn’t Enough," 6 June 2018
In other states, policy retrenchment depresses political activity.

— jamila michener, Vox, "The politics and policy of racism in American health care," 24 May 2018
The costs from its retrenchment programme have hurt profits; annual pre-tax income fell by 62% to £67m ($89m) for the year ending March 31st.

— The Economist, "Business this week," 24 May 2018
After years of retrenchment, investors are expecting companies to deliver billions of dollars in free cash flow, buoyed by rising oil prices and stringent cost cuts.

— sarah kent, WSJ, "Shell Profit Soars on Oil Recovery," 26 Apr. 2018
Not in terms of hate and retrenchment and digging it.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full transcript: Author, activist and CNN pundit Sally Kohn on Recode Decode," 3 May 2018

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