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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
But the looming threat of a debt crisis and the absence of viable new financing alternatives have encouraged some countries to take preventive belt-tightening measures.
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Shantayanan Devarajan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2022
The company announced a series of belt-tightening measures and production delays on Friday, as the strike of 33,000 workers has added to Boeing’s litany of problems.
—Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
The belt-tightening plan also included the shuttering of Paramount Television Studios — which produces Prime Video’s Reacher, Apple’s Time Bandits — with shows moving to sister label CBS Studios.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Other belt-tightening measures include eliminating corporate first- and business-class travel, as well as pausing spending on outside consultants, charitable contributions, and advertising and marketing.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
Collectively, these banks cut over 5,000 jobs as part of belt-tightening measures, PYMNTS reported.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Amid a difficult stretch for L.A.’s restaurant industry, even the choice of which pizza box to use is something belt-tightening proprietors consider.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
But though the industry is in a belt-tightening phase, no one is predicting the demise of the art form altogether.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
With the new 10% belt-tightening order, that means the administration must figure out a way to trim that price tag by about $586 million.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Shantayanan Devarajan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2022
The company announced a series of belt-tightening measures and production delays on Friday, as the strike of 33,000 workers has added to Boeing’s litany of problems.
—Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
The belt-tightening plan also included the shuttering of Paramount Television Studios — which produces Prime Video’s Reacher, Apple’s Time Bandits — with shows moving to sister label CBS Studios.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Other belt-tightening measures include eliminating corporate first- and business-class travel, as well as pausing spending on outside consultants, charitable contributions, and advertising and marketing.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
Collectively, these banks cut over 5,000 jobs as part of belt-tightening measures, PYMNTS reported.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Amid a difficult stretch for L.A.’s restaurant industry, even the choice of which pizza box to use is something belt-tightening proprietors consider.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
But though the industry is in a belt-tightening phase, no one is predicting the demise of the art form altogether.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024
With the new 10% belt-tightening order, that means the administration must figure out a way to trim that price tag by about $586 million.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
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However, Barnier's austerity plan—which includes €40 billion ($42 billion) in spending cuts and €20 billion ($21 billion) in new taxes—has heightened tensions, fueling discord in the National Assembly and causing the political crisis.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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In today’s newsletter, Jon Lee Anderson reports on the slash-and-burn austerity measures in Argentina that have earned admiration from Trump acolytes.Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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Instead of Brutalism and sensory deprivation, the architecture provides sustenance and enrichment, both spiritual and intellectual.Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hip-hop is the rose that grew from the concrete of poverty and deprivation in the inner city.Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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While there are notable and beautiful bright spots to All or Nothing (most of which go to infallible Leigh regular Ruth Sheen), the film really doubles down on the ambient misery of these people’s lives.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Adults explain little to her—the possibility of death lies beyond her field of vision—which gives the vivid misery of her treatment a fairy-tale quality.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Financial woes at other colleges became so severe they were forced to declare financial exigency or close entirely.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The point there is that O’Brien is no stranger to the exigencies of pressure as felt at the Breeders’.Guy Martin, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ukraine Russia launched a widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said today.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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They were extracted by police officers who administered emergency aid before hospital transport.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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