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as in belt-tightening
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of retrenchment
In a year defined by corporate retrenchment, adaptations weren’t treated as opportunities but lifeboats — and the spirit of play never fully reached screens big or small in the end.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
These talking points, which have been embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike, call on nationalism to reboot an industry withered by decades of retrenchment.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
His decision to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989 is now seen as an important element in the story of Soviet retrenchment and, eventually, the Soviet Union’s imperial collapse.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
Last year, Joe Biden showed up late and the photo had to be retaken, an ominous sign even then of US retrenchment.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
These talking points, which have been embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike, call on nationalism to reboot an industry withered by decades of retrenchment.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
His decision to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989 is now seen as an important element in the story of Soviet retrenchment and, eventually, the Soviet Union’s imperial collapse.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
Last year, Joe Biden showed up late and the photo had to be retaken, an ominous sign even then of US retrenchment.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenchment
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Some industries are correcting after the hiring boom of the pandemic, but this comes as AI adoption, softening consumer and corporate spending, and rising costs drive belt-tightening and hiring freezes.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Nov. 2025
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Water department employees initially asked for increases of 6% for water and 4% for sewer in 2026 and again in 2027, but the council pushed for belt-tightening and postponed a decision after complaints from residents at the Oct. 1 meeting.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Many types of utopias have been articulated in late-modern culture, each one a distillation of some community’s desire for relief from the strictures and curtailments of life’s possibilities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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Its manifesto centered on curtailment of the power of the railroads, federal loans to aid farmers in debt, and currency reform that entailed reintroducing Hamilton’s old silver dollar alongside the gold dollar to ease monetary conditions, which would give debtors a chance to clear their loans.—
David McWilliams,
Fortune,
16 Nov. 2025
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The cutback affects trains 520, 526, 534, 531, 537, 736 and 737, Padgette said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, there have been drastic cutbacks to Harry and Meghan’s Archewell production business, with which the couple aim to develop film, TV and audio projects.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Following a peak near $126,000 in late 2025, decreasing enthusiasm led to a downturn.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sales slumped during the economic downturn in the early 1990s from profitable to break-even, McWhinney said.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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Using a pastry blender, cut in the ⅓ cup butter and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to shortening mixture, in 3 additions, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat until just combined after each addition.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenchment. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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