retrenchment
noun
re·trench·ment
ri-ˈtrench-mənt 
: reduction, curtailment
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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Although authority over immigration technically resided with the federal government, during the Reagan years, federal retrenchment began shifting enforcement authority to suburbs and other localities.
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Becky Nicolaides / Made By History, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
Chevron’s announcement also comes amid a flurry of layoffs and corporate retrenchments in the Bay Area’s high-tech industry, which have contributed to the state’s having the nation’s highest unemployment rate.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Outside of war, retrenchment can similarly undermine progressive goals.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
More broadly, bringing back Downey and the Russos does represent a kind of creative retrenchment, an admission that Marvel needs to rely on its biggest hitmakers again rather than seek new voices and performers.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 July 2024
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Becky Nicolaides / Made By History, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
Chevron’s announcement also comes amid a flurry of layoffs and corporate retrenchments in the Bay Area’s high-tech industry, which have contributed to the state’s having the nation’s highest unemployment rate.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Outside of war, retrenchment can similarly undermine progressive goals.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
More broadly, bringing back Downey and the Russos does represent a kind of creative retrenchment, an admission that Marvel needs to rely on its biggest hitmakers again rather than seek new voices and performers.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 July 2024
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchment. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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