The phrase "excuse for cutting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase in a variety of contexts. For example, if you need to leave a meeting early, you may explain to the other attendees, "My apologies, I have an appointment that I need to attend. This is my excuse for cutting out early."
Now it's an excuse for cutting corners.
Is this a result of weight-watcher diligence or an excuse for cutting costs?
Paul Burstow, the care services minister, said there was no excuse for cutting social care.
In his conference speech last week Ed Miliband said the Tories saw the global race as an excuse for cutting labour rights.
"These are tough economic times, but that is no excuse for cutting aid to the world's poorest," Mr. Gates said at the World Economic Forum here, where the AIDS fund is marking its 10th birthday.
He points out that Rodriguez never forced the Yankees to re-sign him and that, in fact, Rodriguez gave the team "an airtight excuse" for cutting ties after Rodriguez opted out of his contract during the 2007 World Series.
Airlines offer valid excuses for cutting back service.
But Radicchio can be excused for cutting an occasional corner.
One point he did not make, but is very important — especially since Mr. Obama has already hinted that he may move to curtail Social Security benefits — is that the unemployed (as well as those who are employed but poorly paid) and their potential employers do not contribute to the Social Security system, thus making that system less secure and providing more excuses for cutting benefits.
Precipitate police-state style meddling undermines belief in the rule of law, and not only that; it will give excuses to Ulbricht for cutting off Central Germany and its people from the Federal Republic.'18.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "The NHS budget is being increased in real terms and while efficiencies must be made to meet future challenges, there is no excuse for simply cutting services patients need.
