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retrenchment

[ri-trench-muhnt] / rɪˈtrɛntʃ mənt /










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India's IT services sector - the country's largest graduate employer with eight million workers - is in active retrenchment.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

"We fear it shall be passed down to workers through restructuring, short‑time work and possible retrenchment," Justice Chinhema, secretary of the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union, said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The retrenchment from Amazon is part of a broader move by Saks to pare back its businesses as it restructures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

With the retrenchment of pandemic-era work-from-home arrangements, remote work is harder to find and more desirable than ever.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

I have not spent my time studying the problem of “race”—“race” itself is just a restatement and retrenchment of the problem.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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