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The phrase "a substantial pay cut" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a significant reduction in salary or wages, often in the context of employment or financial negotiations.
Example: "Due to the company's financial struggles, employees were informed that they would face a substantial pay cut starting next month."
Alternatives: "a significant salary reduction" or "a considerable wage decrease."
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Gelb's offer still contained a substantial pay cut.
He took a substantial pay cut and now earns above $170,000 a year.
The department recently offered her a job as a dispatcher — with a substantial pay cut.
But to gain that experience, I needed to take a step back within the company, and a substantial pay cut.
(Jeter will have the option to remain with the team in 2014 at a substantial pay cut).
He would not discuss his salary other than to acknowledge that he had taken a substantial pay cut.
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Stokes, ever the canny negotiator, had offered to take a substantial pay-cut and had done well to get even 10p a share for a company on the verge of bankruptcy, although even then some of the shareholders balked at the price.
"I've not had a pay rise for four years so with the cost of living rising, that's a very substantial pay cut," he said.
He made $19.3 million this season and would have to take a fairly substantial pay cut with any team.
He also said he would be taking a "significant but not substantial pay cut" to move to Fox News.
The offer Bettman made Friday asks the players to take another substantial pay cut, despite a rise in league revenue to $3.3 billion last season, from $2.2 billion in 2003-4.
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