axe

Example Sentences

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The corporation has said it is looking to axe up to 2,000 jobs as it tries to reduce costs by 10 percent over the next three years.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Still, this could reverse if hiring slows or jobs face the axe due to lingering uncertainty, while the ECB already expects wage growth to cool this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

And these men were largely not actually given the public axe, and not made to endure the resulting public humiliation.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The future Peaches eventually strapped on an electric axe, then found she could do everything a band could do by herself, using electronics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

‘Not alone!’ said Gimli, fingering the blade of his axe, and looking darkly up at the guard, as if he were a young tree that Gimli had a mind to fell.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien