retrenches

verb

Definition of retrenchesnext
present tense third-person singular of retrench
as in cuts
formal to change the way things are done in order to spend less money When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retrenches
  1. reduces
  2. slashes
  3. shrinks
Verb
  • The move reduces the sentence for all but three of the 40 inmates on federal death row.
    Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In some cases, treatment reduces or eliminates the pain.
    Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of reduces
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  • What's on the new menu Frontier slashes price of 2025 unlimited pass.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • If one part of the country hunkers down and slashes spending at the mall or on vacations, that would hurt businesses and lead to layoffs.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of slashes
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  • With fewer women in assistant coaching roles, the pool of experienced candidates for head coaching positions naturally shrinks.
    Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Strategies for adapting to shifting consumer expectations resulting from technology that shrinks global distances is not the only thing that the Fourth Industrial Revolution should borrow from the Telegraph Revolution.
    Robert Ginsburg, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of shrinks
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