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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
This marks a shift away from the belt-tightening policies that have been in place since 2010 and toward economic stimulus.
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Yun Sun, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2025
This unease may lead to cautious hiring practices and belt-tightening measures, such as potential layoffs, particularly in sectors undergoing digital transformation.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Nexstar Media Group, which has been trimming staff at The CW in recent months, plans to expand those belt-tightening efforts by cutting 2% of its total workforce.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
The company announced a series of belt-tightening measures and production delays on Friday, as the strike of 33,000 workers has added to Boeing’s litany of problems.
—Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Yun Sun, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2025
This unease may lead to cautious hiring practices and belt-tightening measures, such as potential layoffs, particularly in sectors undergoing digital transformation.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Nexstar Media Group, which has been trimming staff at The CW in recent months, plans to expand those belt-tightening efforts by cutting 2% of its total workforce.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
The company announced a series of belt-tightening measures and production delays on Friday, as the strike of 33,000 workers has added to Boeing’s litany of problems.
—Elodie Mazein, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
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Sheinbaum’s allies pointed out that the line had been built long before her time—and that López Obrador had imposed stringent austerity measures, gutting institutions across the government.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Greece started its golden visa program in 2013 to stabilize housing prices and stimulate growth in a country facing a recession, skyrocketing unemployment, and austerity measures imposed by international lenders.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
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Studies show that sleep deprivation leads to brain stress, cloudy thinking and decision fatigue, plus fragmented sleep signals a vulnerability to social stress.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Reasons for chronically low energy can be related to lifestyle factors, such as poor diet, stress, or sleep deprivation.—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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As a prisoner of war, Morris R. Wills faced a gamut of privations—he was left malnourished and consigned to filthy conditions amid the ever-present threat of execution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Kennedy described addiction as both a source of misery and a symptom of deeper pain, drawing from his own experience of trying to fill an emotional void with drugs.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Now, though, The Last of Us is as blinded as Ellie is by misery.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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In addition, institutions that reduce or close a program, department, college, or position because of a reinvestment plan would be able to proceed with policies and procedures associated with a declaration of financial exigency.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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Passengers seated in emergency exit rows should always keep shoes on for safety reasons.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Last year, the United States gave $830 million in emergency aid, helping 4.4 million Sudanese, the United Nations estimates.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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