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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street
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as in to shorten
to make less in extent or duration
cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend
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as in curtailed
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of cut back
Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Musk has been chosen to co-lead Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency and has promised to cut back on spending.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Klarna’s ability to produce so many new startups had little to do with cutbacks at the company or its focus on using AI to boost worker productivity and hiring less people overall, according to Accel’s Bocchio.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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With oil as the country’s top exported good, per 2023 federal trade data, employers in that industry would likely need to rebalance costs by cutting back a large number of workers if other nations impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Musk has been chosen to co-lead Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency and has promised to cut back on spending.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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The move follows other cutbacks among longtime Silicon Valley companies.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Klarna’s ability to produce so many new startups had little to do with cutbacks at the company or its focus on using AI to boost worker productivity and hiring less people overall, according to Accel’s Bocchio.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
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The surgeon shaved down part of the bone to make space for the nerve.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Dec. 2024
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The central bank had surprised the markets by shaving the major short and long term lending rates in July.Sonia Heng,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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This gives districts the flexibility to extend the school day and shorten the week.Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, their ability to thrive in low-oxygen environments might reduce the stress that would otherwise shorten their life expectancy.Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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By encouraging the use of surplus energy, this legislation could position bitcoin mining as a key player in addressing overproduction and curtailment issues.Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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While renewable energy curtailment has been on the rise, it's largely driven by insufficient transmission to deliver power, not oversupply, and isn't necessarily a sign of a big problem.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Nordstrom announced plans last year to shutter its Canadian operations, closing all stores in the country and cutting 2,500 jobs.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Then it’s rinsed, milled, aerated, and finally passed through a machine that cuts the resulting masa dough into perfect tortillas and griddles them.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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The first is one The Acolyte already tackled, albeit in an abbreviated way: What if the Jedi weren’t always virtuous, what if people with Force abilities aren’t so easily slotted into good or evil, and what if this society’s enshrinement of them is a massive cover-up?Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
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Take these three steps to move toward a more nimble and abbreviated procurement process: • Change your procurement process—from product identification to evaluation to selection to purchasing.Mark Tauschek, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent advancements in deciphering spam through AI have led to improvements, and there is potential for significant spam reduction in the near future.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The program was credited by city officials for a 43% reduction in homicides from 2012 to 2017.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Incoming Falling Back Under North Korean Assault, A Ukrainian Brigade Turned A River Into A Natural Barrier FBI Warns Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail Users—Check 3 Things To Stop Attacks Fallacy #3: The owner can just clip coupons.Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The next storm will clip far northwest Washington on Thursday night, with the third atmospheric river hitting the West Coast from the San Francisco Bay area northward through Washington on Sunday night into Monday.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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That's the abridged version of the tricky nature of prosecuting a murder case without a body.Fox News, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
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On Friday, Burrows, R-Lubbock, made public his request to Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee for an abridged video from a school hallway camera to be released.Dallas News, Dallas News, 11 July 2022
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