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Example Sentences

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Shares tumbled in October when new CEO Mike Lyons slashed the company’s 2025 guidance for organic revenue growth.

From Barron's

He had also pledged never to use nuclear weapons first and to slash defence spending if he became president - positions that seemed impossible at the height of the Cold War.

From BBC

SoCalGas’ proposal stems from state policy to slash climate pollution from gas utility systems — a good idea, but a threat to utility profits.

From Los Angeles Times

To conserve energy, the government has announced a series of fuel rationing measures and slashed public transport.

From Barron's

“We’ve seen this before in the dot-com bubble when the market would slash the price of a dot-com wonder at the first hint it would not meet the market’s extreme expectations,” said Angel.

From MarketWatch