retrench

Example Sentences

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"While the economic landscape may look benign one day, an abrupt shift in sentiment and financial conditions could lead to a recessionary environment the very next day if everyone starts retrenching."

From Reuters

Within about a year, several online publishers that had pivoted to video were retrenching again — in part because Facebook had decided to downplay videos from outside sites on its own pages.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of the world's biggest private equity firms such as Blackstone have retrenched from investments in the U.S. oil patch after a boom in shale production in the mid-2010s fizzled, eviscerating their returns.

From Reuters

“Almost as soon as we started jury trials, then that next wave came in and we kind of retrenched,” Morrissey said.

From Washington Post

Shutdowns weren’t nearly as widespread, but continued waves of coronavirus infection caused factories to shutter and people to retrench from economic life.

From New York Times