scale back
Example Sentences
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A normal person would have the good sense to scale back or shrink away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
If you’re particularly sensitive to heat, though, feel free to scale back the red pepper flakes and hot honey.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Dearest gentle reader, Nicola Coughlan will scale back on portraying her beloved “Bridgerton” character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The firefighting response to the incident would scale back from 17:00 BST, the service said.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Several months after Barack’s announcement in Springfield and with the support of my colleagues, I’d decided to scale back to part-time hours, knowing it was the only sustainable way to keep going.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
