How to Use cut down in a Sentence

cut down

verb
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  • Lee then opened fire on police with the pellet gun and was cut down by return fire.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Or use an Instant Pot to cut down the process to just an hour or less.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Mokoena’s partner jumped out of the vehicle but was cut down by bullets.
    — Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • With the semi-finals ahead of us, that means our Top 10 will be cut down to a Top 8.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The family hates to see the tree cut down, Greg Kaelin said in a release, but there's a silver lining.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The company famously cut down the number of lifeboats to save space, and its workers were poorly trained to fill them in a rescue scenario.
    — Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The firm is now mulling ways to nearshore certain operations to cut down on transit and ultimately shorten the value chain.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But which tree has more impact on the environment — the real ones that are cut down every year, or artificial ones made of plastic that are reused?
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The new schedule is meant to help cut down on delays in pickups, which have been compounded in recent years by worker shortages and severe weather events.
    — Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • If the hydraulic cycle that sustains the Amazon is dependent on its flora, what happens when the vegetation is cut down?
    — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
  • He’s thrown first pitches, visited the White House (a second trip is being scheduled), hit a ton of clutch shots and cut down six different nets.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
  • This is because festive pine, fir and spruce trees can take about a decade to grow to full size and the tallest trees are likely to be cut down annually for use as holiday decorations.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Buy gifts locally: Supporting small, local businesses greatly reduces how far those products need to be shipped, which can cut down on emissions.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Proponents say drone delivery can potentially offset the cost of maintaining a fleet of delivery drivers, while cutting down on the need for gas-guzzling delivery vans.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • From banking to retail, firms are embracing the use of the burgeoning technology to help cut down on time spent doing busy work, streamline customer service, and improve day-to-day operations.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The vote should help cut down on the number of robocalls made.
    — TIME, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Walz hopes his team can cut down on the turnovers and aims for about 10 or less a night.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Nacua cut down on junk food and worked on the field and in the weight room to make his body leaner.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • The sea wall project will begin in May, and Stumpy is among about 300 trees that will be cut down this year.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • They can be cut down among the foliage to keep the declining stems out of sight.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
  • There’s a lot of guys that had soreness today that had reps cut down.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • The mulch in the Dilworth Community Garden came from the trees, brush and vines the group cut down.
    — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • If there’s space left, pulling the side compression straps cuts down on size.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Next, he is seen taking what appeared to be a knife and cutting down the flag pole strings.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Bringing their own food would have helped cut down on the midday lag and made more time for the mountain.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Others talked about trying to cut down on screen time for their kids.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bess Friday Of course, Krebs isn’t the only person to cut down on screen time.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • To cut down on the fat, Miller recommends bone-in chicken thighs with the skin removed.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2024
  • This helps to cut down on some weight without cutting out any headspace.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • While most of Port Gamble was cut down, this spot was largely spared.
    — Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024

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