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as in belt-tightening
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as in curtailment
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Recent Examples of retrenchment
Foreign production incentives have hobbled Los Angeles’ production economy, which has been ailing after COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, labor strikes and a retrenchment by traditional entertainment companies after losing billions of dollars on streaming services to compete with Netflix.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Nor can military force alone prevent Iranian retrenchment.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
But attendance dwindled in recent decades, and St. Peter was part of an extensive retrenchment by the Hartford Archdiocese, being merged with two other parishes into the Divine Providence parish in 2017.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Other talent and resources may move to foreign institutions eager to capitalize on U.S. retrenchment.
—Sarah Kreps, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Nor can military force alone prevent Iranian retrenchment.
—Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2025
But attendance dwindled in recent decades, and St. Peter was part of an extensive retrenchment by the Hartford Archdiocese, being merged with two other parishes into the Divine Providence parish in 2017.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Other talent and resources may move to foreign institutions eager to capitalize on U.S. retrenchment.
—Sarah Kreps, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenchment
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But there are also signs that Cannes, synonymous with glamour and lavish parties, may be in belt-tightening mode.—
Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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There are signs of belt-tightening abound on Chinese city streets, where diners pack restaurants offering 40 cent breakfasts, and stores hold flash sales and wage price wars with competitors.—
Anthony Kuhn,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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The study explores the ability to add significantly more load, or demand, to the grid by implementing curtailment of those new loads (read: high power users like data centers).—
Greg Robinson,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Trump had repeatedly hinted that a future peace deal would include Ukrainian territorial and political concessions and be twinned with the curtailment of U.S. aid to Kyiv.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
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But those cutbacks aren’t what have county administrators worried.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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What To Know In a post on X, formerly Twitter, progressive political action committee VoteVets criticized the Trump administration for the cutbacks, as well as the president's senior advisor and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) frontman Elon Musk.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Market downturns can be unnerving, but the stock market generally rewards investors who are patient.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Those are the loans that go bad quickly during a downturn.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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The study, published this month in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reveals that taking vitamin D supplements may protect against biological aging by slowing the shortening of telomeres, the tiny caps on DNA that naturally erode as people grow older.—
Reem Amro,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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There’s also the shortening of the news cycle and the unlimited space of the internet for news distribution.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrenchment. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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