How to Use slashing in a Sentence

slashing

noun

• The link was posted Nov. 10, the day after the slashing.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 12 Nov. 2019
• The Points Guy blog first reported the slashing of the sign-up bonus.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
• But such slashing doesn't seem to be the firm's raison d'etre.
  — Michelle Jarboe, cleveland.com, 25 Feb. 2018
• Kobe Bufkin hit a slashing layup, then converted the free throw to take the lead.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
• The key provision is the slashing of the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• There’s no gunplay, there’s no slashing, there’s no blood.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
• The film will serve up slashings and stuffing in theaters on Friday.
  — Alex Cramer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
• The slashing of Deadspin’s staff is the latest in what so far has been a tumultuous year for the news media.
  — Liam Reilly, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
• There are no jump scares, slashings or cathartic screams and chases.
  — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
• Their slashing, goal-hungry style is unlike anything that will be on view at the World Cup.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• My friends dashed outside with me, and crawled around the field, muddy and torn up with fresh divots from the slashing of our hockey sticks.
  — Caroline Taylor, Town & Country, 28 Mar. 2021
• That spike mirrors the slashing of the state’s education budget and the jump in tuition.
  — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2020
• Floyd is known for his elite slashing and ability to shoot the basketball.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2022
• Share prices in some of the biggest grocery chains swooned in response, but many think the industry is ripe for a round of price slashing.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• Even when teams like the Nationals and A’s have reversed course on their slashing, the damage is already done.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2020
• Even with that, Canton nearly got back into the game to start the third, thanks to a major slashing penalty in the opening seconds.
  — Jim Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
• Nixing the slashing gave our finished loaf the smooth top of supermarket bread.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• The league plans to more closely monitor slashing of players’ hands that cause injury.
  — The Associated Press, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• The slashing of Navigator funding comes on the heels of a raft of other malevolent actions aimed at the ACA.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 10 July 2018
• Williams is eager to be a consistent slashing threat, which would help take some of the scoring load off Bueckers’ shoulders.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• The ridiculous slashing calls that have dominated the early part of this NHL season alone should remind you of that.
  — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• Phelia capped the first-quarter run with a slashing, left-handed layup after driving all the way from halfcourt in the final three seconds.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2023
• The kills are exceptionally brutal and bloody, shot with a greater sense of realism as to the strength and heft that goes into the actual slashing.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• But don't worry if none of those are near you—and the post-Amazon buyout price slashing still isn't low enough for your liking—since the Whole Foods website claims that 16 more stores in nine states across the country are in the works.
  — Andrea Park, Bon Appetit, 26 Jan. 2018
• Stone was on the receiving end of both Domi’s slashing and Jamie Benn’s cross-check that resulted in a game misconduct and his ejection in the first period.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• The economic reforms, including a float of the local currency and the slashing of fuel subsidies, have caused the price of many local goods to soar in recent months.
  — Maggie Hyde, The Seattle Times, 21 June 2017
• Sunday's slashing is the latest in a string of violent incidents this year related to the New York City subway system.
  — Pooja Salhotra and Mirna Alsharif, CNN, 8 Mar. 2022
• The suspect was spotted under an adjacent viaduct a few minutes after the slashing, police said.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2018
• Hutchinson, 32, is charged with first degree criminal mischief charges in connection to the Nov. 9 slashing.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 15 Nov. 2019
• With saplings blocking the view of many homeowners, mysterious tree slashings hit night after night.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2019

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