cost-cut
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cost-cut
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Gehry’s vision included completing the original plans cost-cut out of Disney a quarter-century ago, along with new modifications and much more throughout the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
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
The boss of German carmaker Volkswagen warned workers on Tuesday to brace for more job losses, earning boos and jeers from the crowd, as the crisis-hit company faces a drastic round of cost-cutting.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The agency announced in February 2025 that it had a goal of downsizing by 7,000 workers, amid other cost-cutting measures.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Gomez also criticized removing the cap itself, saying it would hurt local news as consolidation would lead to more cost-cutting by a handful of big broadcasters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier surmised it could lead to "mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures, external", for one of the industry's biggest companies.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Only limited restructuring of industry has occurred so far because of a scarcity of investment funds and the failure of enterprise managers to make hard cost-cutting decisions.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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