cutting down

Example Sentences

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The approach may also reduce costs and improve working conditions by cutting down on time consuming procedures and limiting the use of hazardous chemicals.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

There is also going to be a streamlined process for referral to appropriate clinicians with the aim of cutting down long waits for treatment.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The aim is to let customers complete much of the purchase and financing paperwork from home, cutting down on the amount of time spent in a physical store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Cruise lines have spent the past few years “systematically” cutting down on their own value proposition, cutting inclusions, adding fees and shrinking the onboard experiences while raising fares significantly, she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Whenever I dug another foxhole, cutting down through ferns and rotted vegetation and tree roots and mud, the bottom of it would be filled with water by the time I finished.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac