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

Economists have warned that a sustained rise in oil prices could push up transport and food costs, pushing households and businesses to cut back spending in other areas and leading to wider slowdown.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Factories in sectors including stainless steel and plastic have cut back on production as a result.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

By 1931 the effects of the Depression had caused crew programs across the country to go out of existence or to cut back drastically on the purchase of equipment.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown