cut back

Example Sentences

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Simo had just told staffers in an all-hands meeting three weeks earlier that they had to cut back on “side quests” and refocus the company on winning the AI coding wars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Without those sales boosters, GM needed to cut back capacity, Jacobson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The company said this week that its TurboQuant compression algorithm allows it to significantly cut back on AI memory usage while also recognizing performance benefits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Ahead of the guidance for under-fives being published on Friday, BBC News followed the Montastier family in Manchester for a week as they tried to cut back on screen time.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

While the rest of the country has fitfully cut back welfare and continues to debate class disparities and the barriers to mobility, Whitiker has quietly traversed several classes in a single lifetime.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times