cut down

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Former karaoke company Algorhythm Holdings rocketed 222% after a February news release about how its pivot to an AI logistics firm could cut down on empty-truck traffic and quadruple freight volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Rogue chip shops have been passing off catfish as "traditional fish and chips" to cut down on costs, the BBC has learned.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Though the third installment of the fest has been cut down from 11 days to six, the amount of talent jammed into that week doesn’t appear to have slimmed down much at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The training TPU aims to cut down the time it takes to develop frontier AI models from months to weeks, Google said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

In the summer of 1876 in Montana while George Armstrong Custer and his troops were being cut down at Little Big Horn, Cope was out hunting for bones nearby.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson