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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Accompanying the merger were major deals like Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s five-year, $1.5 billion contract to produce 50 more episodes of South Park, as well as some belt-tightening under the new ownership.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
School officials have pursued a string of belt-tightening measures, including eliminating more than 400 staff positions in July.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Carlo Allegri | Reuters Amazon is shuttering its research lab in Shanghai focused on artificial intelligence development, the latest belt-tightening move by the e-commerce and cloud computing giant.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 July 2025
But left-wing and far-right lawmakers were opposed to much of the belt-tightening drive and voted a no confidence measure against Barnier's government, bringing it down.
—Raechel Thankam Job, Reuters, 13 Dec. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
School officials have pursued a string of belt-tightening measures, including eliminating more than 400 staff positions in July.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Carlo Allegri | Reuters Amazon is shuttering its research lab in Shanghai focused on artificial intelligence development, the latest belt-tightening move by the e-commerce and cloud computing giant.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 July 2025
But left-wing and far-right lawmakers were opposed to much of the belt-tightening drive and voted a no confidence measure against Barnier's government, bringing it down.
—Raechel Thankam Job, Reuters, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
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As providers warn of layoffs and a system nearing collapse, the contrast between the agency's austerity measures and the state's multi-billion dollar surplus remains a central point of contention for advocates and legislators alike.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Last year, the University of California and California State University put austerity measures in place after previous state budget and federal funding reductions.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Aarhus University in Denmark has found that birds solve the problem of oxygen deprivation by switching their eyes to anaerobic power.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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But new research suggests that the deprivation of this essential molecule was not an innocuous evolutionary shift but actually a clever defense against parasitic infections.—
Jay Kakade
January 19,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2026
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Made from SpanxSmooth material—a lightweight nylon-and-elastane blend—the bralette feels almost weightless and provides gentle smoothing without any digging or pinching.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025
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Walter’s first full season in charge was the end of the penny pinching that existed under prior owner Frank McCourt.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Many parents remember the misery of remote learning during the dark days of COVID-19 school shutdowns.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Everything else is pretty much abject misery, which leaves me clinging to pure nostalgia for brief moments of joy.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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The other two, Troy Terry and Lukáš Dostál, both signed long deals (seven and five years, respectively) as RFAs without requiring a holdout, though both had the exigency of arbitration eligibility motivating a swifter resolution.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The political exigencies that faced the American literary public were of a different set.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Many states were hit by several inches of snow and icy conditions, 17 of those states have declared states of emergency.—
Mike Fore,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The city lifted its snow emergency Monday, but cleaning up the streets is taking a good amount of heavy lifting.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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