slashing
Example Sentences
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“What else could defendants’ decisions to cut funding to specific counterterrorism programming by conspicuous round numbered amounts — including by slashing off the millions-place digits of awarded sums — be if not arbitrary and capricious?”
From Salon
A significant slashing of the federal-funds rate is looking less certain for the new year, but it’s not entirely out of the question.
From MarketWatch
Szabo expects Venezuela's oil exports will fall by nearly half in the coming months, slashing critical foreign currency income from Venezuela's black market sales.
From Barron's
Environmental and fishing groups also oppose the plan, saying the federal government is slashing protections for salmon and other fish that are already struggling.
From Los Angeles Times
The sharp contraction stifled hopes of a coming recovery and built pressure on the central bank to keep slashing interest rates.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
