How to Use cutback in a Sentence

cutback

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• In the shootout, Coyle couldn’t beat Hart with a cutback and forehand stuff-in along the ice.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Misdirection plays with the QB and running back, cutbacks by Hunter.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2019
• Person took on the free-roaming linemen and Coleman, after taking two steps to his left, darted back right and ran through a cavernous cutback lane.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Despite the cutbacks — and the decline in customer service in the post-merger years — plenty of Clevelanders have stuck with the carrier through the rough patches.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2019
• Some pharmacy chains have struggled in recent years amid cutbacks from inflation-weary consumers, with shoppers paring their spending on non-prescription items.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
• Exports of American timber to China have fallen by 40%, and loggers have made cutbacks and layoffs.
  — The Economist, 2 Dec. 2019
• The programming cutback will not affect Park Square’s education program.
  — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2019
• In a year when cutbacks, the threat of strikes and fewer new projects slowed down film and TV production, New York is still faring better than the rest of the country.
  — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
• Public opinion and legislation might also curtail the amount of fossil fuels the Pentagon could use, forcing a cutback on training.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2019
• Messages from bookkeepers warning of financial strain went unheeded, according to his critics, until cutbacks were inevitable.
  — Jonathan Martin, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2019
• Pichai does have a case to make for the layoffs and a cutback in perks.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
• The Tampa Bay Rays were the first team known to make cutbacks.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 1 May 2020
• The layoffs come at the end of a year of cutbacks across the tech industry.
  — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Swift did have a nice cutback on Jamel Dean on a 14-yard run.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2020
• Dianna's Jet drops in and looks to show speed in the opener on the cutback.
  — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2021
• And a great practice to have in your quiver is the midseason cutback.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2024
• Chubb’s cutback in front of Schobert was the Browns chasing their first playoff berth since 2002.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2020
• Gibson carried the load with his cutback runs on stretch plays.
  — Tom Canavan, courant.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• One cutback later, and Will was off for a 77-yard touchdown.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2022
• In the 15th minute, Sacramento striker Cameron Iwasa had the first chance of the game, scuffing a cutback wide from 12 yards out.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2021
• The pandemic led to a cutback in her hours, adding even more stress to their bank account.
  — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2022
• Some claimed the cutback to two meals a day was in retaliation for the strike.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 28 Sep. 2022
• The 32-year-old split two defenders with a cutback to find an open shooting lane for a 2-0 lead.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Internal project emails point to cutbacks in guard staffing as the source of most cost savings.
  — Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2019
• At the crux of the protocols is a cutback on where personnel can go.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
• So far the states have not agreed on how to split up those cutbacks, and next week the department will reveal its own plan.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• In that race, Flyer was caught deep stretch, so the cutback to 6 ½ furlongs looks ideal.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2021
• The news of the moment keeps veering between cutbacks and comebacks.
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
• That’s progress over previous months, but still a far cry from the 15% cutback Gov. Gavin Newsom called for last year.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• On first down, Chubb ran left, once again behind Njoku and Bitonio, and Chubb almost had a cutback lane.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021

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cut back

2 of 2 verb

• Within two weeks, management laid out plans to significantly cut back nurse staffing.
  — Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022
• As loans went bad, banks cut back on real-estate lending, while lower home sales due to a slowdown in the economy also hit developer cash flows.
  — Shefali Anand, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• One customer who was planning on putting in a new lawn decided to wait until next year, and others have cut back from biweekly landscaping appointments to monthly.
  — Mae Anderson, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022
• The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
  — Carla K. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022
• Get creative with your budget According to Jenkins, pricey child care will likely require parents to get creative with their budgets and cut back on spending.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
• In response, Americans cut back on their savings, leaving the savings rate at 4.6%, down from 4.8% the previous month.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
• The figures lay bare the challenging environment for Swiss watchmakers as consumers around the world cut back on pricey timepieces after a post-pandemic boom.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
• States and farmers cut back on the Colorado River, and California and Arizona just start pumping all the water out of their aquifers?
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2022
• By the time the fall ready-to-wear collections walked this past February, brands had already cut back promotional sales, limited supply, and raised prices, stoking demand writ large.
  — Kristen Bateman, Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2022
• Supply chain snags and shortages of crucial battery materials such as lithium and cobalt have cut back EV availability while boosting purchase price.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• Consumers have shifted their buying priorities, especially amid sky-high prices for essentials such as food and gasoline that have forced many households to cut back on nonessential purchases.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
• Even public sector unions are lagging in dues-paying members as teachers leave the profession en masse, and state and local communities cut back on the number of public service employees.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• But the truth of the matter is, shrubs don’t need to be cut back.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2022
• Next year, the courses will have to cut back to 4 acre-feet.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• The bottom line is this: be a friend to your body and cut back on red meat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
• And Groom’s plan to cut back on yelling - and drinking - didn’t last long.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• These can be cut back after the first few frosts of autumn.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
• To cut back on refined carbs, eat more whole grains, such as brown rice and oats.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
• Mitchell, now in the end zone, cut back toward his sideline.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• If the answer to any of those questions is yes, push yourself to cut back this year.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• That means her children have to cut back their work hours or shell out for a sitter.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• If needed, they can be thinned and cut back to several feet above the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2022
• The war forced him to cut back, first to 10 cigarettes, then six, then just a lone morning smoke.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• Frostweed can grow to 7 or 8 feet in a single season and should be cut back by a third in June.
  — Holly Haber, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
• So Nike is cutting back supply to try to juice demand and sell them at full prices.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
• The scoring play came on a toss to McCaffrey, who cut back toward the middle, found the seam and went the distance.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
• In 2020, the city cut back on the park patrol, and huge piles of trash accumulated along the shore and spilled into the lake.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Neither father seems to have told his son to cut back on his shooting.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• So Hughes still works at the prison and Jones still washes dishes, though she’s cut back to one night a week.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024