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The agreement will slash the average fee charged to merchants by 10 basis points for five years, cap rates for standard cards at 1.25%, and give merchants more discretion over which cards to accept.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

The layoffs, to be rolled out next week, mark the retailer's first major downsizing in a decade and will slash roughly 8% of its global corporate workforce.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

That led to traders firming up bets that the central bank will slash borrowing costs by another half a point between now and the end of the year.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

“The standards will slash over 7 billion tons of climate pollution, improve air quality in overburdened communities, and give drivers more clean vehicle choices while saving them money.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

The critics still will slash and slay Poor hapless scribes, in sanctum nooks; Lo! here's a refuge for their prey— The easy road of "How To" books!

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney