cut down

Example Sentences

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Early research shows school phone bans have cut down on student disciplinary problems and boosted test scores.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The government has promised to compensate for the swathes of trees cut down by planting seedlings in Haryana -- a northern state next to New Delhi.

From Barron's • May 18, 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

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

Jody’s father gave him an old pair of spurs and bent in the side bars and cut down the straps and took up the chainlets until they fitted.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck