axe

Example Sentences

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The corporation has said it is looking to axe up to 2,000 jobs as it tries to reduce costs by 10 percent over the next three years.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Still, this could reverse if hiring slows or jobs face the axe due to lingering uncertainty, while the ECB already expects wage growth to cool this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Finally, things get going with a funeral — I won’t say whose, only that the death makes a fitting twist for an industry already getting the axe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

A justice system in which individual members wield the axe against fellow members with the threat of forced expulsion votes is not ideal.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Gimli sat hunched by the fire, running his thumb thoughtfully along the edge of his axe.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien