cutting

Example Sentences

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By cutting back on new construction, builders might gain more leverage over buyers when negotiating home prices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

But in editing, we ended up cutting most of it out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Despite already cutting about 675 jobs through voluntary redundancies, the university said it still needed to make annual savings of about £20m - mostly from staff costs.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

It works because it’s not just that she’s cutting checks and helicopter-dumping cash across the Maine countryside.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

When Daddy wasn’t farming, he was often cutting trees.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson