Explore Retrenchment through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like entrenchment or intrenchment. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Retrenchment in a sentence
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Retrenchment meaning
- A curtailment or reduction.
- An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
Synonyms of Retrenchment
Using Retrenchment
- The main meaning on this page is: A curtailment or reduction. | A curtailment or reduction. | An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- Useful related words include: entrenchment, intrenchment, curtailment, downsizing.
- In the example corpus, retrenchment often appears in combinations such as: of retrenchment, the retrenchment, retrenchment of.
Context around Retrenchment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retrenchment
- In this selection, "retrenchment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fiscal, formal, face, process, termination and dipped stand out and add context to how "retrenchment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a formal retrenchment process that and a similar retrenchment has occurred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retrenchment" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retrenchment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The fiscal retrenchment was done in a regressive way. (9 words)
But when she received the retrenchment letter, she was despondent. (10 words)
A similar retrenchment has occurred with reforms in the Czech Republic. (11 words)
Retrenchment by many distribution platforms has made for “highly turbulent times” in the documentary industry, the acknowledges, but with help from a major foundation it is injecting some much-needed positive news into a field beset by anxiety. (38 words)
Retributive action in the form of retrenchment is more than a theoretical peril for ethical AI researchers, as Dr. Gebru’s firing demonstrates: Google fired her after she critiqued the harms and risks of large language models. (37 words)
Mobile network operator Telkom has said it will begin a formal retrenchment process that will see it layoff as much as 15% of its workforce as it casts a sharp focus on cost savings initiatives. (35 words)
Would you expect that magnitude of retrenchment in the first-half of fiscal '24 for our modeling? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mobile network operator Telkom has said it will begin a formal retrenchment process that will see it layoff as much as 15% of its workforce as it casts a sharp focus on cost savings initiatives.
Retrenchment by many distribution platforms has made for “highly turbulent times” in the documentary industry, the acknowledges, but with help from a major foundation it is injecting some much-needed positive news into a field beset by anxiety.
The headwinds to growth that would likely accompany fiscal retrenchment are a further source of reluctance.
These include retraining workers who face retrenchment, and developing supply chains that give opportunities to small, micro and medium enterprises.
When most South Africans leave a job due to retrenchment, termination, or resignation, they typically withdraw their retirement savings instead of transferring it to a new employer or putting it in a preservation fund.
Would you expect that magnitude of retrenchment in the first-half of fiscal '24 for our modeling?
A similar retrenchment has occurred with reforms in the Czech Republic.
But the resident rate of re-entry to the workforce after retrenchment dipped to 55 per cent from 59.4 per cent in the previous quarter.
The echoes of Davos Man still whisper, reminding them of the benefits of cooperation and the perils of retrenchment.
A former chief at the Public Service Commission inflated his retirement package by calculating it under retrenchment schemes which pay more.
But when she received the retrenchment letter, she was despondent.
Companies are struggling to remain viable and have adopted a cocktail of measures which include retrenchment and sending workers on unpaid leave.
If they were to discount themselves into retrenchment and oblivion, I would suffer.
Impatience in executing military retrenchment, however, could become a damaging complication for a new administration that will be saddled with an extraordinary array of problems and damage left by its predecessor.
Retributive action in the form of retrenchment is more than a theoretical peril for ethical AI researchers, as Dr. Gebru’s firing demonstrates: Google fired her after she critiqued the harms and risks of large language models.
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has ordered banks to stop any form of retrenchment of workers now.
The day I received my retrenchment notice, a friend forwarded me the advert for the position.
The fiscal retrenchment was done in a regressive way.
The group announced early in June it had sent out Section 189 retrenchment notices to 22 000 workers, which means not all jobs in the group were secured, according to South African media.
The Ministry of Human Resources through the Labour Department has taken the initiative to hold discussions with the management of Malindo Air today following the retrenchment of the airline’s employees.
Common combinations with retrenchment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of retrenchment 7×
- the retrenchment 6×
- retrenchment of 6×
- retrenchment and 5×
- military retrenchment 3×
- fiscal retrenchment 2×
- to retrenchment 2×
- retrenchment in 2×
- and retrenchment 2×
- gradual retrenchment 2×