cost-cut
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cost-cut
First recorded in 1970–75
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UnitedHealth now will have to cost-cut its way out of its problems.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The biotech expects the cost-cut plans to help reduce its annual research and commercial expenses by 20% to 25% from last year.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
While announcing a cost-cut plan in September, Subramaniam withdrew profit targets he had just set in June.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Rather than create something from the ground up, the company cost-cut by obtaining an abstract, boxy, bland set from a Salzburg Festival production of a Mozart opera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
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
“We perceive these two as investing more heavily and consistently in the U.S. beverage market to drive revenue growth, while PepsiCo often describes cost-cutting and margin expansion as significant priorities,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Still, with a buyout looming over the company’s head and its largest investor grumbling, it’s hard to see cost-cutting measures as entirely free from the influence of private equity firms.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Earlier this year, Admiral said it needed to save £100m, and has added the proposed redundancies are part of that cost-cutting effort.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
IG Metall union leader Christiane Benner in a radio interview acknowledged the difficulties brought by China and US tariffs but advocated cost-cutting measures other than job cuts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The payment of five dollars a day for an eight-hour day was one of the finest cost-cutting moves we ever made, and the six-dollar day wage is cheaper than the five.
From My Life and Work by Henry Ford
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