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as in belt-tightening
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of retrenchment
Amid belt-tightening at public and private broadcasters, corporate retrenchment at major streaming platforms and shifting audience habits, documentary filmmakers must walk a tightrope to bring that content to the screen.
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
China may see American retrenchment as an invitation to take more aggressive actions in pursuit of its interests—in Taiwan, but also toward other U.S. allies in Asia, including Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
Tariffs in the headlines have fueled concern and some more shopper retrenchment in Walmart’s Mexico business, Rainey said.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
An assertion of international power, and then a retrenchment.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
China may see American retrenchment as an invitation to take more aggressive actions in pursuit of its interests—in Taiwan, but also toward other U.S. allies in Asia, including Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025
Tariffs in the headlines have fueled concern and some more shopper retrenchment in Walmart’s Mexico business, Rainey said.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
An assertion of international power, and then a retrenchment.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenchment
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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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Owing in part to the company’s belt-tightening efforts, Thurston sold Outside’s Santa Fe offices.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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In March, grid operators in California shut down 80 gigawatt-hours of the state’s renewable power because the grid couldn’t handle the afternoon solar surge; without more capacity to store power, even larger curtailments will occur.—
David G. Victor,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2017
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According to the National Grid ESO, curtailment of wind power alone cost British consumers over £800 million in 2023, as renewable generators were paid to shut down during periods of oversupply, with the tab being picked up by households.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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None of that includes potential cutbacks in federal aid currently provided to municipalities and public colleges and universities, losses that state officials fear could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollars.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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The drop in shooting comes largely from global production cutbacks and California’s ongoing loss of work to rival territories Television production peaked in Greater Los Angeles in 2021 at 18,560 annual shoot days.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2025
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But amid rising inflation, a mounting trade war with countries like China and Canada, and concerns about a recession, polls show that voters no longer trust Trump on the economy, with his approval ratings on the topic taking a sharp downturn over the month of April, according to a series of polls.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Despite record-high unemployment and foreclosures, divorce rates dipped during the downturn — only to climb once stability returned.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The United States lags behind other high-income countries in average life expectancy, with heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, and cancer shortening millions of lives per year.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Genetic samples collected via cheek swabs and analyzed using qPCR revealed that telomeres in hibernating lemurs not only avoided shortening but actually grew longer.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenchment. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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