1
: something cut back
2
: reduction
a cutback in funding
cut back; cutting back; cuts back
: to shorten by cutting : prune
1
: to interrupt the sequence of a plot (as of a movie) by introducing events prior to those last presented
2
: cut down
cut back on sugar
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Verb
we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street
cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety Indeed, competition is robust in the international unscripted market, which remains relatively immune – and indeed may be boosted in popularity – to the headwinds posed by rising prices, network cutbacks and adjustments in the market.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Brad Adgate, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The big picture: Meta and Tesla are among at least a dozen tech companies trimming, or cutting back on growing, their workforces amid a slowdown in the economy.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The streaming giant’s workforce trims and departmental restructuring in recent months have not been as extensive as the cutbacks at traditional media companies.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety Indeed, competition is robust in the international unscripted market, which remains relatively immune – and indeed may be boosted in popularity – to the headwinds posed by rising prices, network cutbacks and adjustments in the market.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
The increase in content spending also coincides at a time when several media companies, looking to cut their losses, have been cutting back on other units including a series of personnel layoffs.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The big picture: Meta and Tesla are among at least a dozen tech companies trimming, or cutting back on growing, their workforces amid a slowdown in the economy.
—Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Cutback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutback. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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cutback
1 of 2 noun
cut·back
ˈkət-ˌbak 
: an act or instance of cutting something back
cut back
2 of 2 verbˈkət-ˈbak
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: to reduce something in amount
cut back on smoking
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