retrench
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Syracuse trustees are beginning to ask: Should the school retrench and redefine itself as a smaller, regional school instead of striving to hold on to its reputation as a national powerhouse?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Employed and driving increasingly fuel-efficient cars, consumers didn’t retrench much in the face of last quarter’s inflation and high gas prices.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
He added that, unlike in 2010, Democrats likely won’t be able to retrench themselves following big wins, because 2026 does not precede a redistricting year.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
At the time, Iger said Disney had been pumping out too many shows and movies to compete with Netflix and needed to retrench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Nevertheless I have prescribed seventy-one, and I do not see which of them I could retrench, or dispense with the Want of, if I were obliged to use one less.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
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