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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Whether escalating tech innovation, including YouTube and artificial intelligence, industry consolidation, Wall Street market gyrations or just general belt-tightening among content consumers and creators, such economic headwinds and challenges were on the mind of media leaders on stage in Banff.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
But there are also signs that Cannes, synonymous with glamour and lavish parties, may be in belt-tightening mode.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 13 May 2025
There are signs of belt-tightening abound on Chinese city streets, where diners pack restaurants offering 40 cent breakfasts, and stores hold flash sales and wage price wars with competitors.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 9 May 2025
While software companies generally don’t have a lot of direct tariff exposure, the concern for the group is that belt-tightening from their customers could dampen spending on software and lead to deals taking longer to complete.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
But there are also signs that Cannes, synonymous with glamour and lavish parties, may be in belt-tightening mode.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 13 May 2025
There are signs of belt-tightening abound on Chinese city streets, where diners pack restaurants offering 40 cent breakfasts, and stores hold flash sales and wage price wars with competitors.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 9 May 2025
While software companies generally don’t have a lot of direct tariff exposure, the concern for the group is that belt-tightening from their customers could dampen spending on software and lead to deals taking longer to complete.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
Noun
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Dyer writes that his father’s nature expressed itself mostly in caution, diligence, a kind of austerity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Dyer’s father was traumatized by the austerity of growing up in England between two military cataclysms, and his daily satisfaction is bound in his ability to pinch pences.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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By April 2024, as the bombing, displacement and deprivation continued, UNICEF estimated that 100 percent of children in Gaza were in need of mental health and psychosocial support.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Chronic sleep deprivation can lead to fatigue, mood swings, low libido and difficulty concentrating, according to the National Institutes of Health.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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That simplistic assessment would not account for the first student’s misery or the second child’s enjoyment.—
Iddo Gefen,
Twin Cities,
16 July 2025
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Forced to comply with stereotypical African-American misery, Burnett works best outside Hollywood formula.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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What to know: Lawmakers have pressed TSU to declare financial exigency.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Under the incoming Biden administration, the United States should work with like-minded countries to build the resilient infrastructure needed to scale up global vaccine manufacturing capacity in this and future pandemics—an exigency that all nations share.—
Thomas J. Bollyky,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Dec. 2020
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O’Brien suggested achieving those goals through modernizing infrastructure that provides low-power cellular and Wi-Fi services, which could help first responders stay connected during an emergency when the service might decrease.—
Pili Saravia,
Austin American Statesman,
24 July 2025
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However, students are not allowed to use the devices during class, unless a teacher gives them permission for educational, health or emergency purposes.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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