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as in belt-tightening
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of retrenchment
This contingent usually tops the list and includes many retailers, and its retrenchment is a signal that inflation-weary consumers are prioritizing essentials.
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Aaron Gregg, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Aaron Gregg, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenchment
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The studio's belt-tightening — squeezing the budget down to $3.5 million due to Romero's unwavering artistic stance — left the director to later lament the divergence from his original ambitions.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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Its resurgence has raised concerns among minorities and women workers who fear a potential curtailment of women’s rights if conservative elements gain influence.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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The actual number lost is expected to be lower, but state law and union trigger notifications will cover all possible cutback scenarios.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Argentina international netted the match-winner against West Ham from a cutback, his eighth Premier League goal of the season (two penalties included) and 11th in all competitions for 2025-26 — those are already career-leading numbers.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the city would have to fund it during an economic downturn.—
Jenny Gathright,
Washington Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Both are relatively new leaders who are trying to revamp ties with Beijing after a downturn in recent years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Using a pastry blender, cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.—
Holly Riordan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
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Experts have predicted that AI systems capable of autonomously improving themselves, otherwise known as recursive self-improvement, might vastly increase the speed at which AI development takes place, potentially shortening years of complex research into weeks or even days.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenchment. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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