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cutback

[ kuht-bak ]

noun

  1. a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.:

    a cutback in production.

  2. a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
  3. 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.
  4. a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.


cutback

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noun

  1. a decrease or reduction
  2. another word (esp US) for flashback
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to shorten by cutting off the end; prune
  2. whenintr, foll by on to reduce or make a reduction (in)
  3. intr (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cutback1

First recorded in 1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase cut back
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Community pharmacies have been warning of closures and cutbacks in the face of what they say are unsustainable pressures.

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The National Audit Office said reasons for cutbacks included a lack of funding and challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.

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Roiled by multiple investigations from the Trump administration, USC has announced a slate of cutbacks — including a staff hiring freeze — as it braces for what it called “federal funding uncertainty†in a letter released Monday.

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The pandemic, dual writers’ and actors’ strikes of 2023, studio spending cutbacks and the recent Southern California wildfires all have contributed to a production slowdown that has squeezed producers’ opportunities to get work.

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Major cutbacks are planned at NHS England as part of government plans to "avoid duplication" with the Department of Health and Social Care.

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