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Example sentences for: slashing

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Obuchi emphasized that Japan is doing all it can to end its recession: lowering interest rates, slashing taxes, and throwing government money into the economy.
The RPH might also believe in eliminating the income tax (Keyes), slashing the income tax and raising tariffs (Buchanan), or rejiggering the tax code to save taxpayers $985 billion (Ashcroft, by abolishing taxes on inheritances and on Social Security benefits, among other measures).
The story notes two overriding factors behind the trend: 1) Corporations are slashing their suppliers down to a handful of giants, which would, under the present rules, automatically exclude virtually all minority-controlled companies; and 2) the clout of minority consumers has grown and therefore companies want to be able to undertake 1) without losing the chance to establish a minority-friendly track record.
Let's go further and admit that Smith is not merely "kicking the tires of his faith"--he's slashing them.
One might have imagined that, in the face of a larger client base and the difficult task of integrating two separate corporate organizations, computer systems, and cultures, slashing payrolls would not have been Job 1. But then one would, of course, have imagined wrongly.