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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Last month, Columbia’s medical school implemented a hiring freeze and other belt-tightening measures in anticipation of the cuts.
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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
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
This unease may lead to cautious hiring practices and belt-tightening measures, such as potential layoffs, particularly in sectors undergoing digital transformation.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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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
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
This unease may lead to cautious hiring practices and belt-tightening measures, such as potential layoffs, particularly in sectors undergoing digital transformation.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for belt-tightening
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
Noun
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Was this an austerity measure (less fabric) (but also, more fabric, due to the lack of nudity)?—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
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Significant austerity measures aren’t an option because it doesn’t get elected in D.C.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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But the boys also casually tell stories about the deprivations of their previous life, a reminder of how unusual their childhoods have been by American standards.—
Sacha Pfeiffer,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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The problem with plastic is the deprivation of oxygen to the roots since there is no air circulating into the sides of the basket.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 May 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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In the studio, a bad idea can be put out of its misery within a few minutes.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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The Athletic reflects on their 2024-25 efforts, culminating in a 14th-place finish, that caused more misery than joy.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Just as the imperatives of war led to the development of the SNA in the 1940s, the new exigencies of a world riven by trade wars, geopolitical instability, and supply shocks require a modern statistical framework.—
Diane Coyle,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025
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The point is that the exigencies of the Preakness and its tough placement within the Triple Crown demands that the fresh horses be looked at freshly and that the Derby horses be thrown a little shade.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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What To Know On Saturday, Zelensky posted on X how missile and drone fragments were being cleared up in Kyiv, where rescue and emergency operations were ongoing.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The law, known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, allows the president to take economic action after declaring an emergency that constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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