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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was cut back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reduction in size, amount, or extent of something, often in a financial or resource context.
Example: "Due to budget constraints, the funding for the project was cut back significantly."
Alternatives: "was reduced" or "was scaled down.".
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The impatiens plant was cut back, potted and moved inside.
The return ball was cut back cutely but Dzemaili blasted his shot high.
We weren't doing life testing on the mechanisms, and environmental testing was cut back drastically...
Spraying was cut back, and cases surged to 537,000 by 1969.
Flight instruction was cut back and in some cases airspace eliminated altogether.
The Department of Parks and Recreation was cut back devastatingly under the Dinkins Administration.
The red tape needed to open a new store was cut back.
The Rosenblatts have nine children, ages 7 to 19, and family time was cut back.
This year, Mr. Rivera's weekend program, "Geraldo at Large," was cut back from two nights a week to one.
Staffing for the Police Department's violence-suppression unit, a central part of the program's enforcement arm, was cut back.
But spraying was cut back as DDT fell into disfavor, and by 1969, there were more than 500,000 cases.
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