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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cutting losses" is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it to refer to the act of reducing or minimizing losses, usually in a business or financial sense. For example, "The company decided to cut its losses and close the factory."
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Cutting one-dimensional stocks to suit construction project requirements results in cutting losses.
The talk is of "haircuts": cutting losses in the expectation that the markets will get worse.
The Dow fell for a sixth straight day and the S.& P. touched a two-month low before cutting losses.
Uefa argues it has turned the game's finances around, cutting losses by 70% in its first three years.
The notion of cutting losses may seem anathema in the world of long-term, buy-and-hold investing.
Yet much of today's economy is built on notions like "disruption" and pivoting, on making hasty escapes and cutting losses.
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Last week I set a rule of cutting loss-makers at 10% and I really ought to resist the temptation to jump in at 5% - something can come to the rescue.
The field test results show that the grain divider in this paper are suitable for foxtail millet combine harvester, cutting loss can be reduced to less than 4%.
Bank earnings in the latest quarter have been cosmetically enhanced by such accounting tricks as cutting loss reserves, and revenue has been falling.
Although, health traditionally draws a large female audience, so maybe it's more of Armstrong cutting his losses and going with the strongest sites.
The edge drop control technology can reduce the cutting loss and increase the yield.
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