cutting away

Example Sentences

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“The executive thus can neither outright abolish an agency nor incapacitate it by cutting away the personnel required to implement the agency’s statutorily-mandated duties.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

With the new economic measures, the premier pledged to shift Japan's economy, which has tended to focus on cost cutting, away from such practices.

From Reuters • Sep. 25, 2023

Demme closes in on Weymouth playing two notes in a song before cutting away to a guitar solo.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

Circuit Court of Appeals last week significantly whittled down that order, eliminating some defendants and cutting away language that prohibited mere encouragement of content changes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

The raft was moving well now and the morning sun was cutting away some of the ache and tiredness of the night.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen