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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a severe squeeze" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is intense pressure or constraint, often in a financial or emotional context.
Example: "The company is experiencing a severe squeeze on its profit margins due to rising production costs."
Alternatives: "a tight squeeze" or "a significant pressure".
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This is the type of environment that leads to a severe squeeze on profits.
In April, the company disclosed the first signs of serious trouble as Chrysler reported a severe squeeze on profits.
Although this is not as severe as the 4.4 percent originally pledged, it will still constitute a severe squeeze.
"Education budgets will face a severe squeeze, caused by lower domestic revenues and exacerbated by falling aid flows," says Lucia Fry, a policy adviser at the GCE.
Ukip aides attributed this to a severe squeeze on their older, right-leaning vote as supporters took fright at David Cameron's warnings of an SNP-Labour alliance.
Meanwhile, BNP Paribas, the French investment bank, said it was gloomy about the prospects for growth in the UK in the light of a severe squeeze on consumers.
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That is a result of both a severe fiscal squeeze and private-sector deleveraging.
The new center-right Spanish government led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a severe economic squeeze.
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