retrench

Example Sentences

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It even stands to benefit if consumers retrench.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

CVS Chief Executive David Joyner said in an interview that the Oak Street business needs to retrench, after coming under pressure from higher medical costs and regulatory changes in the Medicare business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

"If consumers retrench... the entire economy is going to go down with it," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Rosemary Coates, executive director of the nonprofit Reshoring Institute, noted that decisions to expand or retrench are relatively easy for a company like McDonald’s or its fast-food rivals.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

If the fancy of Ovid be luxuriant, it is his character to be so; and, if I retrench it, he is no longer Ovid.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander