cutting it

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Bass credits the program with achieving a 17.5% reduction in “street homelessness,” the number of people living in their vehicles or outside, cutting it from 33,000 to under 27,000.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Claire's just wasn't cutting it in the same way anymore," says Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Analysts have reduced Southwest’s 2026 earnings estimates, with one cutting it from $5.05 to $3.59 per share.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

And Barrett, who works the long hospital shifts required to save people’s lives, isn’t cutting it.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

If you wanted to kill a vine, you didn’t just keep cutting it back.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo