Definition of retrenchment
:reduction, curtailment;
specifically
:a cutting of expenses
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His recent AZD (Ninja Tune) is the latest in a series of retrenchments, embracing a more deliberate dance-floor direction but retaining the wonderfully crusted-over hiss and abrupt editing techniques of 2014’s Ghettoville.
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With the falling oil price, there has been widespread retrenchment in Qatar and even talk of imposing a tax system.
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Despite Anthem’s sharp retrenchment, Covered California said that more than 80 percent of its consumers will have three or more insurers from which to choose.
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Beat the retreat Optimists hope for a repeat of a familiar pattern, where a period of retrenchment is followed by a spurt of reform.
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Uber said that the merger in Eastern Europe does not imply a strategy of further retrenchment elsewhere.
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The bill’s provisions would bring even greater retrenchments after 2026, as the caps on spending take effect, though that is not reflected in the budget analysis, which focuses on the impact over the next decade.
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The cascading effects of such a retrenchment will reach far beyond those who lose coverage, according to doctors, hospital leaders, insurance executives, patient advocates and state officials across the country.
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The U.S. retrenchment is apparent on issues from trade to climate change.
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First Known Use of retrenchment
circa 1600
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