retrenches in a sentence

Examples

1. Its board chose to close Antioch College to retrench and reduce costs.
2. I have a lot of faith in management to retrench and get refocused.
3. But he declined to comment on whether MCI would retrench in local service.
4. Managed care and government cost-cutting are forcing medical schools to retrench.
5. And even as some retrench, others forge ahead.
6. People are a little bit in retrench mode here.
7. It had to retrench 45 per cent of its 2, 000 staff.
8. He said there were no plans to retrench workers.
9. At most, therefore, the employer must have an intention to retrench.
10. As theater chains retrench, consumers probably won't like what they see.