Tom is out of work during the holidays due to a cutback at the steel plant.
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Cutback
Synonyms for "cutback" (53 found)
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Noun(7 words)
Strong matches (16)
Noun(10 words)
curtailmentcurtailmentsdeadheadingdecreasedecrease outputdownscaledrastically reducedlessenlimitationpared down
Verb(1 words)
Related words (26)
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20 entriesbranch thinningbudget cutbudget cutbackbudget reductioncost cutdeadwood removalfacility cutbackfunding cutbackhour reductionlateral pruningprogram cutbackpruningservice cutbackshoot pruningspending cutstaff cut
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Collocations
15 entriesbudget cutbackcost cutbackcut backcut back branchescut back growthcut back oneconomic cutbackfunding cutbackmajor cutbackoperational cutbackprogram cutbackprune branchesspending cutbackstaff cutbacktrim shrubs
Inflections
6 entriesDerivations
2 entriescut backcutbacks
Sample sentences
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A cutback in donations to the WFP means the U.N. agency can only offer assistance to about 600,000 people, those most in need of help.
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Fifteen more proposals to reverse historical cutbacks in passenger services and the size of the rail network have secured development funding.
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The cutback is one of the sport's three fundamental turns, along with the bottom turn and top turn. "It's the purest power move in the book," Australian surf journalist Nick Carroll wrote in 2000.
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