as in cuts
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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The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025 -
While screen technology that cuts blue light down to 1% is impressive compared with current technology, blue light in general isn’t conclusively bad for your health.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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This not only reinforces clarity, but also reduces the reliance on employees having to scribble notes word for word to decode later.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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This high-speed rotation slashes production time for cylindrical components by more than two-thirds.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The recession warning even assumes the Federal Reserve slashes rates, starting next month.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Team productivity decreases across the board, and worse, disengagement becomes infectious.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the images progress, the left pupil shrinks to a narrow black speck while the right eye remains normally dilated, giving the feline an unmistakably lopsided expression.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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As the number of humanities students shrinks, the proportion of those who come from the upper 1% is rising fast.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Every week, Netflix drops a bunch of new content for viewers to stream from TV and movie studios all over the world.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Katie Wiseman The second the temperature drops below 75, some Hoosiers are ready to get their favorite sweaters.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Retrenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenches. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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