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Last month, Columbia’s medical school implemented a hiring freeze and other belt-tightening measures in anticipation of the cuts.—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 Kane County has been on a belt-tightening budget for many years.—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Gloria imposed a series of belt-tightening measures in November, weeks after voters rejected a sales-tax measure that would have raised $400 million a year in new revenue.—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 The deficit's history and Trump's record managing it during his first term were not mentioned amid Musk's belt-tightening plea.—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for belt-tightening
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