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The phrase "asked to cut" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a request or instruction for someone to reduce or remove something, such as text, expenses, or time.
Example: "The editor asked to cut several paragraphs from the article to meet the word limit."
Alternatives: "requested to reduce" or "instructed to remove".
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Beauty salons were asked to cut back on shampoo.
But I haven't been asked to cut the Scholar's budget".
City agencies will be asked to cut another 6.4percentt from their budgets.
The NHS has been asked to cut management costs "by almost half", Lansley said.
We're asked to cut back on car use, told to prevent pollution.
So schools, whose budgets are malleable, have been asked to cut a total of 13.7 percent, on average, since 2007.
In the end, they were asked to cut sixty-seven oft of about eleven hundred editorial positions.
In contrast, European countries today are being asked to cut their deficits while remaining trapped in zero or negative economic growth.
Asked to cut through the smoke and mirrors, Bill Young, the Oklahoma State defensive coordinator, shuffles a few papers and asks for a timeout.
Submit a drama with an ample cast to a regional theater's literary department, and you'll probably be asked to cut characters.
But one man took notice: David Cohn, a state-certified tree specialist at the firm the state asked to cut down the tree.
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