Example Sentences

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Under Sargent, Kroger has been cutting costs across its operations, using the savings to try to lower prices and attract more cash-strapped shoppers to its stores.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The Federal Reserve, for its part, has been cutting interest rates and is likely to reduce borrowing costs again in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

On top of that, the BLS has been cutting back on other data sets it tends to publish.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

Ola has been cutting jobs, restructuring operations and automating functions in a bid to reduce costs and trim losses.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

“The Croft kid has been cutting your traps? Why’d he do a thing like that?”

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick