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cutback
[ kuht-bak ]
noun
- a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.:
a cutback in production.
- a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
- Football. a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, especially by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line.
- a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.
cutback
/ ˈʌˌæ /
noun
- a decrease or reduction
- another word (esp US) for flashback
verb
- tr to shorten by cutting off the end; prune
- whenintr, foll by on to reduce or make a reduction (in)
- intr (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back
Word History and Origins
Origin of cutback1
Example Sentences
Some in the advertising industry are already fretting because spending on their services are often to first to suffer when there are budget cutbacks.
The cutbacks, enforced by Musk’s advisory team known as the Department of Government Efficiency, represent a 12% reduction of the agency’s workforce.
In a brief order, the high court said the judge improperly based his ruling on complaints from nine nonprofit groups who said they would be affected by the cutbacks in staffing.
Community pharmacies have been warning of closures and cutbacks in the face of what they say are unsustainable pressures.
The National Audit Office said reasons for cutbacks included a lack of funding and challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.
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