How to Use cut corners in a Sentence

cut corners

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  • Quandt added that the wide Z Fold will cut corners in the camera department.
    Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • The delicate design doesn’t mean the shoes cut corners on traction and support.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Yet the notion of cutting corners is an aberration to Italian leaders.
    Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Often there can be a temptation to cut corners in business, with the aim of minimizing costs and boosting the bottom line.
    Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • People rush, cut corners and stop asking the questions that enable strategic alignment and prevent mistakes.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Regardless of the approach, always use quality brake components, this is one area where cutting corners is not worth the risk.
    John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Serving a meal right from the skillet often gets a bad rap, unfairly viewed as a way to cut corners on dishwashing or being too lazy to plate your dishes.
    Clara Hillis, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
  • But on the final Sunday Joe’s stayed open, the restaurant turned away hundreds of people already in line rather than risk cutting corners on quality.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Despite its lower cost, this bag doesn’t cut corners as it's made from 100 percent full-grain pebbled leather and a 100 percent suede lining.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • That has prompted some law enforcement experts to worry that ICE is cutting corners in its hiring - a lesson police have learned the hard way over the years.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Imagine firing every inspector at a nuclear plant, replacing them with individuals who profit from cutting corners and then telling the public the plant is safer than ever.
    A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026
  • Under the new rules, the bar for statistical significant stays exactly as high; the reform simply lowers R&D costs without cutting corners by reducing the extra bureaucracy of a second trial.
    Avik Roy, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • But a new investigation from STAT’s Elaine Chen reveals the company cut corners while treating patients for obesity with GLP-1s, according to some former employees.
    Mario Aguilar, STAT, 21 July 2026

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