retrenched

verb

past tense of retrench
as in reduced
formal to change the way things are done in order to spend less money When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench.

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Recent Examples of retrenched Big producer-financiers like Participant Media, which was behind films like Spotlight and Roma, and Bron Studios (Judas and the Black Messiah, The Mule) have shuttered while traditional studios have retrenched themselves in their respective risk-averse fare. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026 Super Micro Computer is in growth mode at a time when some tech companies have retrenched in the Bay Area, while others are seeking larger new office spaces. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 But the business has retrenched recently. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenched
  1. reduced
  2. slashed
  3. cut
  4. decreased
  5. pared
  6. shrank
  7. dropped
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  • To help pay for its tax cuts, the act reduced Medicaid payments by a trillion dollars over the next decade, though it was designed to delay the full impact of the cuts until 2027, after this year’s elections.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The agency reduced service earlier this year and has proposed more cuts in recent board meetings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduced
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  • Anker, one of the biggest and most reliable names in tech has slashed prices on some of their most popular items.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When Mercedes fought back, his attackers stabbed and slashed him multiple times.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of slashed
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  • For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Staff cut raw chicken and then proceeded to cut lamb without washing, rinsing and sanitizing cutting boards and prep tables.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • This means any slowdown in the labor market could create a more serious consumption problem, with the same households facing slower income growth and decreased access to credit.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • And the number of young people who stayed on medication for six months — already quite low — may have actually decreased.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreased
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  • As oil prices pared their losses through Friday, so did Treasury yields.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Middleton paired the look with silver jewelry pieces, but kept her royal power suit moment mostly pared back.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pared
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  • Walmart China, for instance, has shrunk portion sizes to match households’ smaller appetites.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Since their debut in 1986, American Girl has shrunk their historical line significantly–including paring down the traditional six-book set for each historical character into two streamlined texts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of shrank
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  • David Hearn, the former Olympics canoeist accused of damaging Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before prosecutors dropped the case, cannot be recharged, a judge has ruled.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In the 1980s, the UK had 18 refineries, but that has dropped to just four.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Retrenched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenched. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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