Sentence examples for cutting weeks from inspiring English sources

"To see large numbers of districts cutting weeks off the school year in times of mild but not severe recession is just unprecedented".

The service opened up numerous tiny, isolated ports along the way, cutting weeks or even months off overland shipping and transportation.

The New York Times explains in "States Cutting Weeks of Aid to the Jobless," "[L]ast July, North Carolina sharply cut its unemployment program, reducing the maximum number of weeks of benefits to 20 from 73 and reducing the maximum weekly benefit as well".

But after the Bank of Greece cut interest rates on October 20th, shares rose by 5.8%, cutting the week's fall to 7.3%.

And leaving Bryant Park meant cutting fashion week's physical ties with the garment district.

No local school districts have seriously considered cutting the week, and some face built-in obstacles.

British tourist Matthew Price, who was on his third visit to Tunisia, said he was cutting his week-long holiday short by three days: "It's the first time I've ever been on holiday and feared for my life.

In legislation that passed the House, Republicans would have gone further by cutting another 20 weeks from the 53-week Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, reducing the total duration of benefits to 59 weeks.

Republicans have also proposed cutting the 99 weeks of guaranteed unemployment benefits back to the traditional 59 weeks.

She worked from her hospital bed, cutting a six-week recovery to four weeks, a decision she now calls wrong.

The average limit on benefits plunged to 25 weeks, cutting off roughly 1.3m Americans immediately.