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Bass credits the program with achieving a 17.5% reduction in “street homelessness,” the number of people living in their vehicles or outside, cutting it from 33,000 to under 27,000.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

But salt being so prevalent in our food means campaigners think the responsibility for cutting it out has to lie with the people making it.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Last week, state officials informed Piece by Piece they were cutting it off from Medicaid in 60 days.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

Analysts have reduced Southwest’s 2026 earnings estimates, with one cutting it from $5.05 to $3.59 per share.

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

“I wonder why they chose the noon flight. That will get you into Washington around two. The competition starts at seven. That’s cutting it a little close.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper




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