austerity

Example Sentences

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She told MPs her choices meant there would be no "reckless borrowing" or a return to austerity and that NHS waiting lists and government debt would continue to be cut.

From BBC

The program included painful austerity measures, such as slashing subsidies for fuel, water and electricity.

From Seattle Times

The planned changes and other austerity measures are part of a budget financing law that the government plans to have ready by mid-August.

From Reuters

Commentators have mused about Buckingham Palace's supposed sensitivity to cost of living pressures although it must he said that travel by State Bentley hardly screams austerity.

From BBC

Fire and forestry experts have called for the forest service, decimated by years of austerity, to be restored, and prescribed burns be scaled up — all of which costs a lot of money.

From New York Times