swingeing in the PONS Dictionary

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English
Ironically, a critique of capitalism was the last large-scale work mounted by the company before a global recession saw swingeing cuts for the arts.
www.irishexaminer.com
He is also attempting to impose swingeing austerity measures in order to cut the country's deficit as quickly as possible.
news.bbc.co.uk
The orchestra's management had no choice but to make swingeing cuts.
www.ft.com
Penalty charges for breaching the limits can be swingeing.
www.telegraph.co.uk
They are desperately trying to plug the gap left after swingeing cuts to the public healthcare system.
www.rte.ie
The resulting teacher supply crisis forms part of a wider systemic crisis, currently exacerbated by swingeing funding cuts.
schoolsweek.co.uk
Now, it's in the open, its part of the justice system, and the penalties can be swingeing.
tvnz.co.nz
Meanwhile, farmers and crofters fear the resultant effects of swingeing subsidy cuts following land reclassification.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
Would the state school pupils of this green and pleasant land benefit from a slice of the swingeing discipline meted out to us?
www.express.co.uk
The loss last year coincided with swingeing cuts to the charity's employment costs.
www.herald.ie

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