cost cutting

noun

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

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The structure of contemporary insurance incentives actively encourages risk avoidance and cost cutting rather than any analysis of total economic and clinical value over a continuum of care. Rita Numerof, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The original Floridian ran through Nashville and into Alabama but Amtrak halted the service in October 1979 amid cost cutting measures recommended by the federal government. Sandy Mazza, The Tennessean, 17 Nov. 2024 The Associated Press announced plans to offer buyouts impacting about 8% of its workforce, the latest mainstream news organization to grapple with cost cutting. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2024 As labor markets became slack, HR shifted its focus to relentless cost cutting. Peter Cappelli ranya Nehmeh, Harvard Business Review, 17 June 2024 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 22 Jan. 2025.

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