Cuts
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- (n.) Reductions in budgets, staff, or funding often mandated by law or policy.
The company announced budget cuts due to decreased revenue.
- (v.) Third-person singular present tense of cut.
The judge cuts through irrelevant arguments to focus on the core legal issue.
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In legal contexts, 'cuts' commonly refers to reductions mandated or implemented in financial or personnel resources and is treated as the plural form or verb form related to 'cut'.
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