How to Use cost cutting in a Sentence

cost cutting

noun

• The cost cutting appears to be working, at least for now.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
• The show aired its first three seasons on TNT before it was scrapped at the network in a cost cutting move.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 May 2024
• The railroads — hollowed out by years of corporate cost cutting — were buckling in the face of a surge of demand.
  — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 2 June 2024
• And a month into 2024, tech companies have entered a new phase of cost cutting.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• And that selloff has spurred waves of layoffs and cost cutting around Hollywood.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 June 2023
• Many of those companies have seen drops in their stock price in the last year, prompting deep cost cutting, including layoffs.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 July 2023
• Those windfalls, coupled with massive cost cutting since the merger closed, have helped the company trim its debt load to about $43 billion as of Q3.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• By the middle of the year, The Times was on a pace to lose $30 million to $40 million, and the newspaper fell short of its subscription targets, setting the stage for further cost cutting.
  — Katie Robertson, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Walmart’s growth efforts are far-reaching but so are its cost cutting measures.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• While the overall design of the Honda cabin is typical of the brand, there are definitely signs of cost cutting here.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• That’s yet another burden to the tens of thousands of people who have already been laid off due to rampant cost cutting across the tech and startup ecosystem.
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Common sense would suggest that layoffs and cost cutting should be a bad thing from an investing standpoint.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Walgreens also booked a $306-million pre-tax charge for opioid claims and some costs tied to cost cutting and an acquisition.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• The audio streaming service hit the milestone during a quarter of streamlining and cost cutting.
  — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
• And 89% of CFOs said striking the right balance between cost cutting and investing for growth is a top challenge to transformation.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• And in series, the industry’s aggressive cost cutting over the past 24 months has inspired the streamers to take another look at the program formats that were once seen as vestiges of the pre-streaming era.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 May 2024
• Once stable jobs and industries have succumbed to the churn of economic globalization and cost cutting.
  — Margaret O’Mara, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
• On the other hand, Salesforce has bulked up its profit margins in recent years thanks in large part to significant cost cutting in headcount and real estate.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• Train companies, themselves in a downward spiral of cost cutting and reduced personnel, aren’t doing a very good job of securing their freight.
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024
• Watching the bottom line The strikes come at a time when the major media and tech companies that have jumped into the world of streaming services are focused on cost cutting and profitability, rather than subscriber growth.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted, according to sources familiar with the matter.
  — Alex Heath, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2024
• Ad revenues are down throughout the media industry, prompting cost cutting and in some cases layoffs across many companies.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 May 2023
• But under Shaw, the railroad backed away from that model’s short-term cost cutting to keep additional staff on hand during downturns to respond better when the economy rebounds.
  — Josh Funk, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
• The deletions seem like the latest sign of cost cutting at Twitter — and a further deprioritization of audio features.
  — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 8 Mar. 2023
• That might surprise some leaders who’ve opted to scale back hiring middle managers to promote efficiency and cost cutting.
  — Joseph Abrams, Fortune, 25 July 2023
• Its demise comes as digital media companies have struggled to survive amid broader cost cutting.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• But studios might be willing to take a prolonged strike, especially with many of them in cost cutting modes with greater emphasis on proving their profitability to investors.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 June 2023
• Your actions today – in one of the most stressful, awful moments a worker can experience – will reverberate in the hearts and minds of your people long after the short-term benefits of cost cutting expire.
  — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The defense contractor, which generates $20 billion in revenue annually, is in the process of an additional $1 billion, three-year cost cutting project.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The latest financial results released by Meta and Amazon Thursday suggest that cost cutting can help boost profits, though that may not be their primary motivation.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024