cutback

Example Sentences

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Officials for the seven states have tried to boost reservoir levels via voluntary water cutbacks and federal payments to farmers who agree to leave fields dry part of the year.

From Los Angeles Times

County supervisors and healthcare advocates are pushing for a half-cent sales tax to cover services that are expected to be lost due to cutbacks in federal funding.

From Los Angeles Times

So what happens if cutbacks by insurers or by the government actually result in less hiring?

From The Wall Street Journal

He added that he had noticed other businesses having to make cutbacks by reducing their operating hours.

From BBC

Leane Sykes, the council's director of finance, said schools made up a large proportion of the budget so they "cannot be immune" from cutbacks.

From BBC