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[slash] / slæʃ /




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Still, the home failed to sell, prompting the musician—who is married to fashion designer Melody Ehsani—to slash his ask once more in March 2024, this time to $6.8 million.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Bains called for more action from the government to slash VAT rates.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Chief Executive Michael Leiters warned last month that the company was in talks with employee representatives to slash jobs alongside other initiatives to ensure the competitiveness of Porsche’s sites.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

A thin red slash marked the eastern horizon where the sun might soon appear.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Offstage, growing slashes in Will’s leather doublets depict “emotional turmoil.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

The unexpected boardroom shakeup comes with BP pivoting back to its more profitable oil and gas business as it slashes clean energy investment.

From Barron's Dec. 18, 2025

From the beginning of my journey, I had avoided the great highspeed slashes of concrete and tar called “thruways,” or “superhighways.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Catalent had already slashed its guidance, the FDA had raised concerns about contamination in some of its plants, and Lilly is a customer, creating a potential conflict of interest.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

As for cost-cutting, the company has slashed its global workforce nearly in half over the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Due to federal funding cuts, universities have slashed the number of graduate students who receive financial support for their work.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

They were slashed from £800m here, but the budget for Ahmedabad 2030 is almost double Glasgow's £160m.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

In the late 1990s, Medicare slashed reimbursement levels to around $450 per procedure, and the incomes of the surgically minded ophthalmologists fell.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Cook’s first big move when he joined the company in 1998 was to implement a “just-in-time” inventory system by slashing unsold product storage times, consolidating suppliers and outsourcing manufacturing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“Dine N’ Dash,” “Going to Babble On,” “Lonely in the Future” — it’s pure pleasure to hear the guitars in these songs slashing away over a rhythm section as crisp and nimble as this one.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 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

It raised $150 million after slashing its target due to tepid demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

But Finn got a picture in his mind of Chess slashing a sword through the air and driving its point into the ground, like someone issuing a dare.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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