retrenchment
noun
re·trench·ment
ri-ˈtrench-mənt 
: reduction, curtailment
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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The action came amid a nationwide wave of retrenchment in health care that, as some industry medical sources have documented, started in January, growing as the budget debate in Washington, D.C., focused on cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and benefits granted by the Affordable Care Act.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
In a significant retrenchment, media mogul Byron Allen has retained investment banking firm Moelis & Co. to sell his network-affiliate television stations after spending more than $1 billion to scoop up outlets in smaller markets.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
In 2017, the archdiocese ordered an extensive retrenchment and realignment of churches in dozens of communities; St. Peter was merged that year with two others into the Divine Providence parish.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
But no amount of sifting through the cultural artifacts of the two-thousands can explain the retrenchment of the Trump era.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
In a significant retrenchment, media mogul Byron Allen has retained investment banking firm Moelis & Co. to sell his network-affiliate television stations after spending more than $1 billion to scoop up outlets in smaller markets.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
In 2017, the archdiocese ordered an extensive retrenchment and realignment of churches in dozens of communities; St. Peter was merged that year with two others into the Divine Providence parish.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
But no amount of sifting through the cultural artifacts of the two-thousands can explain the retrenchment of the Trump era.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchment. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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