cost cutting

noun

: reduction in spending
The company needs to do some cost cutting.

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Drastic cost cutting measures have already touched a wide range of agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 To adjust to a potential new reality of operating their wireless networks at closer to utility-like or commodity-like terms, many telecom companies may face a future of restructuring and cost cutting. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025 Power and independence Musk’s controversial approach to cost cutting has set him apart. Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 Thompson had been head coach at Alemany for 18 years until losing his job in a cost cutting measure in 2019. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cost cutting

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“Cost cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20cutting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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