swingeing
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At the same time, he has been criticised for swingeing job cuts as he tries to restore order to the club's finances.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
The budget cap was introduced as part of a swingeing set of regulation changes aimed at closing up the field and making the racing in F1 more competitive.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
The public market imposes a fairly swingeing discount on inorganic growth.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
And these closures are feeding into the wider economy, eroding the tax base of cities and states and threatening swingeing job cuts.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2020
I cram all I can in, to save a multiplying of letters—those pretty comets with swingeing tails.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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