belt-tightening
Example Sentences
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For investors, the risk lies in misreading this moment as cyclical belt-tightening rather than structural repositioning.
From Barron's
It has also argued that it could turn belt-tightening to its advantage by offering frozen versions of eat-out favorites such as P.F.
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The trend reflects more than just belt-tightening.
From Barron's
The changes are stripping work trips of whatever shred of glamour they had after years of belt-tightening.
Ubisoft on Wednesday ended a months-long wait for details of a restructuring the French games giant hopes will power it up to face a competitive market -- at the price of a string of cancelled games and a new round of belt-tightening.
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