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Example Sentences
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SoCalGas’ proposal stems from state policy to slash climate pollution from gas utility systems — a good idea, but a threat to utility profits.
From Los Angeles Times
To conserve energy, the government has announced a series of fuel rationing measures and slashed public transport.
From Barron's
“We’ve seen this before in the dot-com bubble when the market would slash the price of a dot-com wonder at the first hint it would not meet the market’s extreme expectations,” said Angel.
From MarketWatch
You can almost hear the blades on the ice, glumly slashing through the final motions of a night expected to end so differently.
The government shuttered universities, reduced school hours and the work week, and slashed public transport as it limited fuel sales.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
