retrenchment
noun
re·trench·ment
ri-ˈtrench-mənt 
: reduction, curtailment
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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The setup entering the week opened the way to some retrenchment: The S & P 500 registered its most overbought reading in 14 months just as momentum was waning and market breadth was flagging.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
With outsized success often comes overreach and retrenchment.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Since then and Amazon’s acquisition of the global Whole Foods operation in 2017, there has been a period of retrenchment and refocusing.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Andrew Morse, the publisher, pitched the transition not as a retrenchment but as a vote of confidence in the paper’s digital strength—far from a given in an industry that has struggled to convert print subscribers into paying online readers at scale.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
With outsized success often comes overreach and retrenchment.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Since then and Amazon’s acquisition of the global Whole Foods operation in 2017, there has been a period of retrenchment and refocusing.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Andrew Morse, the publisher, pitched the transition not as a retrenchment but as a vote of confidence in the paper’s digital strength—far from a given in an industry that has struggled to convert print subscribers into paying online readers at scale.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchment. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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