cutback

Example Sentences

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Then, it’s a cutback on durable goods, such as big appliances like dishwashers or washers and dryers for laundry, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Shortly after it bought Radford Studio Center, the industry began to see theatrical slowdowns from the pandemic, the 2023 dual writers’ and actors’ strikes and the cutback in spending at the studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

The first chance of the opening half fell to Diallo, who fired wide after connecting with a cutback.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

All that was placed at risk by the threatened NIH cutback.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Apparently there had been a cutback in rations recently: still the food was better and more plentiful than at Scheveningen where there had been no noonday meal at all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom