retrenchment
noun
re·trench·ment
ri-ˈtrench-mənt 
: reduction, curtailment
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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Europeans will certainly grouse about a partial U.S. retrenchment.
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Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Hence, the kind of retrenchment that sees Deadpool & Wolverine and Fantastic Four: First Steps released under an ever-broadening MCU banner but not existing as storytelling pillars within its meta-narrative framework.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024
The industry retrenchment continued as YouTube and Meta relaxed their rules and chose to permit, once again, false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
This year, to stave off a financing crunch, Northvolt announced a retrenchment, scrapping two cathode material production facilities in Sweden, shuttering a research and development subsidiary in California and seeking out new investors for a project in Poland.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024
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Sumantra Maitra, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2024
Hence, the kind of retrenchment that sees Deadpool & Wolverine and Fantastic Four: First Steps released under an ever-broadening MCU banner but not existing as storytelling pillars within its meta-narrative framework.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024
The industry retrenchment continued as YouTube and Meta relaxed their rules and chose to permit, once again, false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
This year, to stave off a financing crunch, Northvolt announced a retrenchment, scrapping two cathode material production facilities in Sweden, shuttering a research and development subsidiary in California and seeking out new investors for a project in Poland.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchment. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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