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Musk left the Trump administration more than a year ago and his Doge project, which aimed to slash the size of the US federal government, has since been wound down.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘The money would have been life-changing’: My father told my grandmother to slash my inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

Local governments in Florida are preparing for a potential drop in revenue ahead of a November ballot measure to slash property taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

It’s also easy to imagine video game companies writ large choosing to slash budgets by removing their own disc drives as hardware becomes far more expensive to produce, thanks to the A.I.-induced memory-processor shortage.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

“Like ride flying horses and slash swords and throw thunderbolts.”

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

The company slashes its full-year adjusted earnings outlook to $1.45-$1.79 a share, citing Middle East disruptions and booking shortfalls.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

That segment of the show largely stripped out the guitars to focus on clubby techno and nasty slashes of synth noise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Nomura downgrades its ratings on HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to reduce from neutral, and slashes target price by 33% to 350,000 won.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

AI slashes their coding costs while maintaining their revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

Twenty of my typed pages, full of slashes and red-circled edits, become thirty-one on thick Strathmore white.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Pyziur also noted that oil prices have been suppressed in part because China slashed its own imports of oil.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Meta and Oracle slashed over 10% of their workforces in favor of implementing AI into its operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Take the agency’s recent eye-catching adjustment to U.S. beef-export sales, which were slashed by over 90% from an originally reported weekly figure for late June, citing a reporting error.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

It has also slashed restaurants’ outdoor-dining fees and implemented AI-based software to speed processing of building and business permits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The icy water slashed at Taran’s legs like a knife.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

“We are supercharging commercial space activity, slashing costs, and strengthening America’s competitive edge in this vital field,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

By slashing prices on some core items, Primark is likely hoping to woo shoppers with low-cost staples, in the same way that supermarkets attract customers with cheap milk and bananas, Berg says.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The country is in the grips of a humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the slashing of foreign assistance and the need to integrate millions of Afghans pushed back from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

When Bending Spoons buys a company, it begins each radical transformation by slashing most of the acquired employees—and replacing them with the much leaner team of Spooners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Jason’s heart lifted when he saw Nico di Angelo on the front lines with the Greeks, slashing his way through a crowd of two-headed men.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan