cost cutting

noun

: reduction in spending
The company needs to do some cost cutting.

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Because no matter what the economy is doing, products like locks are essential—not the kind of things that fall victim to cost cutting. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 And unlike the federal government, most states have some kind of balanced budget requirement, and Republican officials regularly push for cost cutting given their preference for smaller government. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025 Still, Musk’s dramatic cost cutting at X may have improved the company’s margins and improved its profitability, potentially bolstering its value, said D.A. Davidson’s head of technology research Gil Luria. David Goldman, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an about-face that has left workers confused and experts cautioning that DOGE’s blind cost cutting will put communities at risk. Tara Copp and Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cost cutting

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“Cost cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20cutting. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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