scale back
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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It added that it would scale back some monetization initiatives to boost “top-of-funnel user growth.”
From Barron's
Anthropic faces pressure to scale back its safeguards.
From Los Angeles Times
Several automakers have had to review their lineups and scale back EV production in recent years as they struggled to convince drivers to transition to electric.
When trade policy shifts abruptly, they delay decisions, sit on cash, and scale back expansion.
From MarketWatch
In an unusually strongly worded rebuke, the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to reorient its economy toward consumption and scale back “unwarranted industrial policy” to “mitigate international spillovers.”
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