"The budget that would have no tax increases, a budget that is cutting spending we deal with the entire twenty-six billion dollar deficit, around fifteen billion dollars in cuts that we are making."

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Britain is cutting down on its industrial gas use to save supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said cutting health care costs step by step is better than the Democrats' plan.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

One reason for not cheating is that a person might fear being criticized in public for cutting in line.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Male circumcision is the cutting off of a small amount of skin from the tip of the penis.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Scientists believe it is evidence that a large object struck Jupiter, cutting a hole in the atmosphere of the huge, gaseous planet.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Deforestation is mainly caused by the cutting down of tropical forests to provide land for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

And assures that we're not cutting too abruptly while the economy is still fragile."

VOA: special.2011.08.05

"And that cost-cutting is resulting in higher unemployment, and of course the higher unemployment is creating lack of demand.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"Whilst we might be cutting back, China is increasing its spending, India is increasing its spending on defense."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Most scientists believe the warming trend is mainly caused by human activity, especially the use of fossil fuels and the cutting down of forests.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

But Mr.Obama's critics point out that the $100 million in cost cutting is miniscule - just a tiny fraction of one percent of the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"I learned by studying, that suicide is forbidden in Islam, and killing of innocents is forbidden in Islam, and even cutting down trees in a defensive battle is forbidden.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21