cost cutting

noun

: reduction in spending
The company needs to do some cost cutting.

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The result: Most leaders focus on making marginal improvements or profit enhancements via cost cutting in both top and bottom line results. Barry Libert, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 Paramount Global no longer stages an annual in-person upfront, hosting smaller-scale client dinners instead, and The CW has also has vacated its longtime perch due to cost cutting at parent Nexstar Media. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025 The Goodyear Forward plan reaches across the operations, aiming to achieve the goals through a mix of cost cutting, headcount reductions and making the business more efficient through new processes and technologies. Michael Wayland, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025 There's no public disclosure that shows the entirety of DOGE's cost cutting measures. Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cost cutting

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“Cost cutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cost%20cutting. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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