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Recent Examples of belt-tightening
Newly single Lionsgate has cut around 50 jobs company-wide, or approximately 5 percent of its workforce, in its latest belt-tightening effort, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Accompanying the merger were major deals like Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s five-year, $1.5 billion contract to produce 50 more episodes of South Park, as well as some belt-tightening under the new ownership.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
School officials have pursued a string of belt-tightening measures, including eliminating more than 400 staff positions in July.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
But left-wing and far-right lawmakers were opposed to much of the belt-tightening drive and voted a no confidence measure against Barnier's government, bringing it down.
—Raechel Thankam Job, Reuters, 13 Dec. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Accompanying the merger were major deals like Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s five-year, $1.5 billion contract to produce 50 more episodes of South Park, as well as some belt-tightening under the new ownership.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
School officials have pursued a string of belt-tightening measures, including eliminating more than 400 staff positions in July.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
But left-wing and far-right lawmakers were opposed to much of the belt-tightening drive and voted a no confidence measure against Barnier's government, bringing it down.
—Raechel Thankam Job, Reuters, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belt-tightening
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The expiring guidelines have required Arizona reduce its share by more than 500,000 acre-feet, and other agreements have led to still more austerity.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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But in Argentina, a harsh austerity program under libertarian President Javier Milei may have hobbled the country’s ability to respond to the fires, researchers said, citing budget cuts to firefighting crews, a lack of planning and deregulation of tourism activities in Patagonia’s national parks.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Evans said investigators were examining whether election improprieties in Fulton County amounted to violations of federal statutes governing the preservation of election records and the knowing deprivation of a fair election.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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What is clear, though, is deaf children are far more likely than hearing children to experience language deprivation.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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The bra’s signature M frame creates a sturdy structure that supports your chest sans underwire — thereby avoiding any digging, pinching, and poking throughout the day.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Made from SpanxSmooth material—a lightweight nylon-and-elastane blend—the bralette feels almost weightless and provides gentle smoothing without any digging or pinching.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Embracing misery is one kind of defiance; demanding to be heard is another.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2026
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This year, more than usual, a group of Florida lawmakers are clinging to a Biblical-sounding principle — and doing their best to ensure that the wages of sin are, at the very least, misery.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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The other two, Troy Terry and Lukáš Dostál, both signed long deals (seven and five years, respectively) as RFAs without requiring a holdout, though both had the exigency of arbitration eligibility motivating a swifter resolution.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The political exigencies that faced the American literary public were of a different set.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Officers rendered aid until emergency services arrived, and the boy was taken to UofL Hospital.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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Other emergency measures announced by the government in response to the energy crisis include reducing school hours, postponing major sporting and cultural events, and cutting transport services.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Belt-tightening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belt-tightening. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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