slash

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Amazon — which is the USPS’s biggest customer, accounting for 1 billion packages shipped annually — had threatened to slash its deliveries through the Postal Service by two-thirds or more, Reuters reported.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

UCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff were "rightly outraged that management wants to slash pension benefits, tear up local and national agreements and divide the workforce".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Ruto argued the line would slash logistics costs that "undermine competitiveness" in east Africa.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Producers then have to slash production, cut costs and fire staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

At the end of the chord name will be a slash followed by a note name, for example C/E. The note following the slash should be the bass note.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones