cost cutting

noun

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

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This pain was often felt by employees as leaders pushed forward with cost cutting measures without pausing to listen and respond to what employees were thinking, feeling, and recommending. Jyoti Jani, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 California spending $100 million to track methane emissions with satellites The valuation has fallen in recent years because Amazon has focused on efficiency and cost cutting, which has lifted its profitability. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025 And that can’t be achieved purely through cost cutting and eliminating inefficiency. Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Medicaid, a top cost cutting target for the GOP, costs roughly $800 billion yearly. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 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 5 Jun. 2025.

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