cost-cut
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cost-cut
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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UnitedHealth now will have to cost-cut its way out of its problems.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The administration all but cost-cut the singers out of the budget until saved by an anonymous donor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
While announcing a cost-cut plan in September, Subramaniam withdrew profit targets he had just set in June.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Target said it would launch a cost-cut plan to save $2 billion to $3 billion over three years, but declined to disclose specific details.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
The national government, however, outsourced many aspects of the expulsion, contracting with private companies that penny-pinched and cost-cut to maximize their profits.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
Many current and former Warner executives said repeated rounds of cost-cutting have already eliminated much of the obvious savings, leaving them wondering what is left to prune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Microsoft said Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs -- roughly two percent of its global workforce -- in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Tom Sharpe, a former Royal Navy Commander, said it's "cost-cutting, no doubt".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
His cost-cutting program has however run into stiff opposition from trade unions, farmers and Indigenous organizations loyal to Indigenous ex-president Evo Morales.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
You have such a staving good head for figures and finances that it seems a pity for you to be wasting it here on an undergraduate's job in cost-cutting.
From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis
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