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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Kane County has been on a belt-tightening budget for many years.
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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
This marks a shift away from the belt-tightening policies that have been in place since 2010 and toward economic stimulus.
—Yun Sun, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2025
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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
This marks a shift away from the belt-tightening policies that have been in place since 2010 and toward economic stimulus.
—Yun Sun, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
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Democrats have capitalized on that, wasting no time casting Musk as the unfathomably wealthy face of government austerity and corporate overreach.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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While there are conflicting messages among Republican lawmakers as well as the Trump administration, Medicaid appears to be the biggest likely target of budget austerity measures.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Midway through the film, an I.E.D. explodes just outside the apartment building, and the sequence that follows, in which the survivors gradually regain consciousness, is a tour de force of sensory deprivation and temporal dislocation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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While some hardship builds character, suffering extreme deprivation does not guarantee success.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately, what is likely driving the protests is that these Palestinians are exhausted from the sheer misery Hamas has brought upon them.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Despite on-ice misery, the Flyers have packed at least 18,000 fans for every game during their last two homestands.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Under exigency, the school may cut both nonacademic and academic staff, including tenured faculty.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
16 Dec. 2024
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Last week, however, four Senate Republicans supported a privileged measure from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) to revoke Trump’s declared fentanyl emergency used to impose a 25% tariff on Canada.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Apr. 2025
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The administration’s expansive use of IEEPA — meant for more traditional types of national emergencies — now serves as the foundation for remaking the entire U.S. trade regime.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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