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First Known Use of slashing
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Recent Examples of slashing from the Web
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Initially the US had proposed more budget slashing, which would have dropped its contributions by more than 10 percent.
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The economic reforms, including a float of the local currency and the slashing of fuel subsidies, have caused the price of many local goods to soar in recent months.
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But science community leaders say that the broadcloth slashing of NSF and NIH budgets would undermine the nation’s position as a global leader in science, technology, and medicine.
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But as companies race to pack each sightseeing boat with tourists, a fierce and rapidly escalating turf war has emerged – prompting a spate of assaults, a slashing, and -- most recently -- a shooting.
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Among the other slashings are a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency and a 28 percent cut to the Department of State including most foreign aid.
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The slashing, freewheeling campaign that took him to the doorstep of the White House replicated a familiar pattern from Mr. Trump’s life, but on an Olympian scale.
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First Known Use of slashing
1576
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