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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Newly single Lionsgate has cut around 50 jobs company-wide, or approximately 5 percent of its workforce, in its latest belt-tightening effort, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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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Joonhee Park’s grayscale set design, complemented by Ben Carne’s fluorescent lighting, particularly suits Marlene’s harsh corporate world, but the chilly look also nods to Thatcherite austerity throughout the play.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The expiring guidelines have required Arizona reduce its share by more than 500,000 acre-feet, and other agreements have led to still more austerity.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Their story—forged amid war, murder, and deprivation—has long lived in the margins of pop history.—
Margaret Heidenry,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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There's truth to that, but there's also a deprivation in that.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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The bra’s signature M frame creates a sturdy structure that supports your chest sans underwire — thereby avoiding any digging, pinching, and poking throughout the day.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
14 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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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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Pecola responds to her misery by trying to undo herself.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sought book on prosecutorial misconduct In the bulk of his conversations, Nathan detailed the misery of jail life.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 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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Dangerous conditions prompted multiple emergency declarations and travel bans as tens of millions of people under blizzard warnings hunkered down.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Space savers are allowed for 48 hours following the end of a snow emergency.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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