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The seven-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home initially hit the market on April 17—but the listing was removed just three days later, before reappearing with a $249,000 price slash on June 8, asking $4.75 million.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Another option, something Briffault admits is petty but has been done before, is to slash the salaries of people at the agency responsible for the unlawful behavior, or even folks who worked on it.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ratcliffe knew major decisions needed to be made in order to slash the club's losses.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Lores, in the job now for just over six months, wants to remake parts of the business that have been lackluster for years, launch new features and slash billions of dollars in costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then I felt a small, deep thrill, and a bright seam of red welled up at the lip of the slash.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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That technique slashes an AI model’s memory usage—such as in a chatbot conversation—by creating a shorthand version of what has gone before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nomura slashes its 2026 net-profit estimate for the company by 48% to 4.871 trillion won.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
AI slashes their coding costs while maintaining their revenue.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
AeroVironment slumps after the drone maker misses analysts’ forecasts for the third quarter and slashes guidance.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Twenty of my typed pages, full of slashes and red-circled edits, become thirty-one on thick Strathmore white.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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But the crowd for Sunday's game at Tottenham between Washington Commanders and Indianapolis Colts only reached 60,907 after ticket prices were slashed, and large sections remain unsold for the Wembley game on 18 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The United States -- traditionally the world's top donor -- has heavily slashed foreign aid, while other major donors have been tightening their belts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Volkswagen on Friday slashed earnings forecasts for the year after recently gaining approval for a fresh bout of restructuring that could double the total number of job losses to 100,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Of course, other merchants were selling those items for lower prices or had recently slashed their prices, and prices can be negotiated downward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
A sob welled up in Sarai’s throat and her moths slashed the air in their haste to reach him—to touch him and know if his spirit still flowed, if his skin was warm.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Now it is looking to accompany its move upmarket by slashing costs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Tulsa is slashing tuition by more than half.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Two officers, Stefan Carutasu and Dominique Billew, responded and found Blanco standing near a parked car, repeatedly slashing at an area under the bumper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A rising share of builders are slashing prices on newly built homes despite increasing construction costs, as buyers get spooked by high mortgage rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Argo II veered left, its aerial oars slashing through the clouds like rows of knives.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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