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
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
He also said that the company was making progress on cost-cutting actions, including "a reduced headcount of approximately 3,000 positions" compared to the first half of 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The latest cost-cutting measures come on top of the 50,000 job cuts already negotiated with labor representatives for its namesake brand as well as key subsidiaries including Audi and Porsche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Germany's powerful IG Metall union on Thursday organised protests at VW sites across the country, as management presented their cost-cutting plans to the supervisory board.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Tom Sharpe, a former Royal Navy Commander, said it's "cost-cutting, no doubt".
From BBC ● 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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