retrenchment
noun
re·trench·ment
ri-ˈtrench-mənt 
: reduction, curtailment
specifically
: a cutting of expenses
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As part of that retrenchment, several programs that had been expected to participate in the Thanksgiving week event are now unlikely to do so, sources told Sportico.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The more ornate tracks’ departure feels nearly as monumental—and often as successful—as Deafheaven’s shift to clean singing on Infinite Granite; the trad shoegaze feels like a retrenchment.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026
Douglass would not have been surprised by that cycle of progress and retrenchment.
—Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
State involvement helps combat congressional self-dealing and undemocratic incumbent retrenchment, while congressional oversight helps curb state abuses, such as malapportionment and partisan vote suppression.
—Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The more ornate tracks’ departure feels nearly as monumental—and often as successful—as Deafheaven’s shift to clean singing on Infinite Granite; the trad shoegaze feels like a retrenchment.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026
Douglass would not have been surprised by that cycle of progress and retrenchment.
—Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
State involvement helps combat congressional self-dealing and undemocratic incumbent retrenchment, while congressional oversight helps curb state abuses, such as malapportionment and partisan vote suppression.
—Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Retrenchment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retrenchment. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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