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as in belt-tightening
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of retrenchment
These talking points, which have been embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike, call on nationalism to reboot an industry withered by decades of retrenchment.
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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
Global leaders at the G20 summit looked to chart a path forward for a world order shaped by US retrenchment.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 23 Nov. 2025
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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
Global leaders at the G20 summit looked to chart a path forward for a world order shaped by US retrenchment.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenchment
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Chatter in the market revolved around the reasons for the downturn – rising competition from streaming platforms, consumer belt-tightening and hesitance on the part of investors and studios – as well as possible solutions.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Newly single Lionsgate has cut around 50 jobs company-wide, or approximately 5 percent of its workforce, in its latest belt-tightening effort, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 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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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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In recent months, more than 40 staff and prisoners at facilities across the country have reported cutbacks even more severe than the usual prison scarcities.—
Keri Blakinger,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2025
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The primates are raised for at least four years before being used in trials, and breeders did not increase their populations during an investment downturn in 2023.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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And if loyalty is remembered as his greatest flaw during this Giants downturn, that is as good a human legacy to have built in this very public and cutthroat business.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Managers have tried for years to get control of the runaway meeting train by tightening agendas and shortening sessions.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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This means brushing a neutral oil or vegetable shortening on the cast iron and baking it upside down in a 375-degree oven.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenchment. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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