major cut
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a significant reduction in amount or size
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- The government announced a major cut in public spending to tackle the deficit.
- The company is facing a major cut in its workforce due to the economic downturn.
- The university will have to implement a major cut to its arts program funding next year.
- The new policy includes major cuts in corporate taxes to stimulate economic growth.
- Hospitals are protesting the proposed major cut in their annual budgets.
- After the restructuring, many employees had to accept a major cut in their salaries.
- If the environmental agency experiences another major cut, its ability to monitor pollution will be severely hampered.
- The defense department has undergone a major cut as part of the new peace treaty.
- How will the city council justify such a major cut to essential services like sanitation?
- A major cut in research funding led to a significant brain drain from the country's top universities.