slashing

Example Sentences

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The U.K.-based group reiterated its guidance for the full fiscal year, after previously slashing its forecast twice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said it’s slashing roughly 14% of its workforce or about 700 workers, partly because artificial intelligence is reshaping the way people work.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Officials at the Paris conference said that cutting leaks and flaring from the fossil fuel industry could increase the availability of energy while slashing planet-heating emissions.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The Treasury must now raise the cash to repay those IOUs the old-fashioned way — by collecting taxes, slashing spending on other programs, or borrowing from the public by issuing Treasury securities.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

They worked in teams, a man slashing the cane, a woman binding every twelve stalks into a bundle.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson