cut costs

idiom

: to spend less money
The company has tried to cut costs in several areas.

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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are pushing employees to act with more urgency in their use of artificial intelligence as the company looks for ways to cut costs. Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 29 July 2025 Ultimately, there is only the need to cut costs, to increase profits. Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025 Rodriguez staffers held weekly calls with Loud and Live to pore over a punch list of tasks to get the festival ready to open on April 25, including chasing down county permits, finalizing the design of a bull mascot and efforts to cut costs. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025 The University of Chicago is considering a substantial restructuring of the school’s Division of the Arts and Humanities to cut costs, citing historic financial strain under the Trump administration. Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut costs

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“Cut costs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20costs. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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