How to Use cutback in a Sentence

cutback

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• The Tampa Bay Rays were the first team known to make cutbacks.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
• Walters also said state courts will make some cutbacks in response to declining state revenue.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2020
• Barnes said more could cutbacks could happen depending on what happens with football revenue.
  — oregonlive, 4 June 2020
• The decline prompted layoffs at some airlines and airport businesses and a cutback in flights.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
• Facing a severe price plunge amid lowered demand for oil, the oil and gas sector in Alaska has already announced cutbacks to projects and decreased spending.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2020
• The Lakers haven’t furloughed or fired any employees during the coronavirus pandemic, and the franchise doesn’t plan to make any cutbacks.
  — Time, 27 Apr. 2020
• The lost hammered Southwest Ohio’s five systems, which closed offices and imposed wage cuts, furloughs, workweek cutbacks and other job actions to stem the drain.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 2020
• Nissan and Renault have paused their merger plans to focus on cost cutting and production cutbacks as the coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on sales and bottom lines.
  — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 26 May 2020
• Wide Release In their prepared remarks, however, the execs did not discuss timing of when mass layoffs might hit across the company or how large the cutbacks will be.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 June 2024
• During the Great Recession, that meant widespread cutbacks for teachers, police and other public employees.
  — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 7 May 2020
• An increase in travel is happy news for airlines, which have been operating in crisis mode for three months and wondering if the pandemic would end before painful financial cutbacks are required.
  — Dallas News, 26 May 2020
• Governments will pull back their extraordinary fiscal measures, and rising public debt could trigger concerns and calls for cutbacks and austerity.
  — Sree Ramaswamy, Fortune, 1 June 2020
• Chatter had been mounting internally before official word came confirming the August 13 start of the cutbacks.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
• Pichai does have a case to make for the layoffs and a cutback in perks.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
• The layoffs come at the end of a year of cutbacks across the tech industry.
  — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Swift did have a nice cutback on Jamel Dean on a 14-yard run.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
• Dianna's Jet drops in and looks to show speed in the opener on the cutback.
  — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2021
• And a great practice to have in your quiver is the midseason cutback.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
• Chubb’s cutback in front of Schobert was the Browns chasing their first playoff berth since 2002.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2020
• Gibson carried the load with his cutback runs on stretch plays.
  — Tom Canavan, courant.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• One cutback later, and Will was off for a 77-yard touchdown.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2022
• In the 15th minute, Sacramento striker Cameron Iwasa had the first chance of the game, scuffing a cutback wide from 12 yards out.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2021
• The pandemic led to a cutback in her hours, adding even more stress to their bank account.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2022
• Some claimed the cutback to two meals a day was in retaliation for the strike.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 28 Sep. 2022
• The 32-year-old split two defenders with a cutback to find an open shooting lane for a 2-0 lead.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• At the crux of the protocols is a cutback on where personnel can go.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
• So far the states have not agreed on how to split up those cutbacks, and next week the department will reveal its own plan.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• In that race, Flyer was caught deep stretch, so the cutback to 6 ½ furlongs looks ideal.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
• The news of the moment keeps veering between cutbacks and comebacks.
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
• For more on how educators felt blindsided about the cutbacks, read this story.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024

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cut back

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• If needed, they can be thinned and cut back to several feet above the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2022
• Limbs from your tree reaching over the property line can be cut back by your neighbor.
  — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
• And customers could keep cutting back their restaurant visits to save money.
  — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
• Just turn on do-not-disturb mode and consider lowering the screen brightness to cut back on the glare.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2022
• Americans socked away stimulus checks and cut back on spending, and companies put hoards of cash in bank accounts.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• Given up or cut back on activities that were important or interesting to you, or gave you pleasure, in order to drink?
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• That figure is likely to dampen over time, with Europe trying to cut back purchases from Russia.
  — Christine McDaniel, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Facing this massive fiscal hole—and without the extra federal spending—states will either have to cut back other funding priorities or, more likely, soak taxpayers.
  — Tarren Bragdon and Sam Adolphsen, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• Many chip companies, including TSMC, have cut back on near-term capital-spending plans and started reining in costs to cope with the downturn.
  — Asa Fitch and Yang Jie, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022
• Next year, the courses will have to cut back to 4 acre-feet.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• And Groom’s plan to cut back on yelling - and drinking - didn’t last long.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• Mitchell, now in the end zone, cut back toward his sideline.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• If the answer to any of those questions is yes, push yourself to cut back this year.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• That means her children have to cut back their work hours or shell out for a sitter.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• The war forced him to cut back, first to 10 cigarettes, then six, then just a lone morning smoke.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• Frostweed can grow to 7 or 8 feet in a single season and should be cut back by a third in June.
  — Holly Haber, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• So Nike is cutting back supply to try to juice demand and sell them at full prices.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
• The scoring play came on a toss to McCaffrey, who cut back toward the middle, found the seam and went the distance.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• In 2020, the city cut back on the park patrol, and huge piles of trash accumulated along the shore and spilled into the lake.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Neither father seems to have told his son to cut back on his shooting.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• So Hughes still works at the prison and Jones still washes dishes, though she’s cut back to one night a week.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Now, the widow has cut back on even the most basic groceries as prices keep rising.
  — Paul Wiseman and David McHugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023
• Then, while the plant is still dormant in the spring (just before the season's last frost), cut back any dead stems that were killed over the winter.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
• Keep it simple and try cutting back a little more each day.
  — Alex Vance, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
• Many have cut back following the chain’s price increases over the past few years.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 July 2024
• Amazon Day is a good way to cut back on cardboard (and your carbon footprint).
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 9 July 2023
• Pastrnak broke away into the right circle, cut back, and tucked in a backhander in the crease for the decider.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, some platforms have cut back on trust and safety teams.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• But why have companies been able to charge us more for their content while simultaneously canceling some of our favorite shows and cutting back on new ones?
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• Unison said many local government authorities could be forced to sell land and buildings, as well as cut back on services, such as rubbish collection, libraries and public toilets to fulfil a legal duty to balance their books.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024