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cut-offs

British  
/ ˈkʌtɒfs /

plural noun

  1. trousers that have been shortened to calf length or to make shorts

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She was stunned to hear that because of stricter income cut-offs for that type of aid, Elijah would no longer receive those checks as of Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

The best way to stop thieves is to employ extra security measures such as fuel cut-offs, steering wheel locks and keeping the vehicle in a more secure place, Green said.

From Los Angeles Times

The cut-offs are not consistent across clinics but broadly can be between 35 and 45.

From Salon

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Industry Research Center in Kyiv, estimated this week that it would be up to six weeks before it was repaired well enough for most customers to experience minimal or no cut-offs.

From Reuters

He wrote on the Telegram messaging app that emergency cut-offs were still possible, and national grid operator Ukrenergo said it was implementing planned outages across the entire country as repair work continued "around the clock."

From Reuters