cut costs

idiom

: to spend less money
The company has tried to cut costs in several areas.

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Disney has looked to cut costs for the last couple of years. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025 Outback hiked prices too high, relied too heavily on promotions to draw diners, and cut costs too far. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025 Chutkan’s order granting discovery marked the first time a judge ordered Musk to produce documents in a legal challenge to his and DOGE’s efforts to downsize the federal government and cut costs. Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025 The fiscal note estimates that the bill would ultimately cut costs for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which oversees Medicaid, by around $286,000 in the 2025-26 fiscal year, which begins July 1, and about $573,000 in the next fiscal year. Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut costs

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“Cut costs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20costs. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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