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scale back VB trans

to scale back ⇆ sth

etw reduzieren [o. einschränken]

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During the breeding season, adults scale back on carrion and take mostly small, live prey since nestlings need this kind of food to survive. en.wikipedia.org

Besides local opposition, budget cutbacks also forced the organizers to scale back on the elaborate plans. en.wikipedia.org

The bus services operate year round but scale back outside of the academic year. en.wikipedia.org

It has been canceled as the final design scale back has remerged the development back into one mixed-use tower. en.wikipedia.org

Some advocates wanted to abruptly scale back the debt to ease tax burdens, so as to retire the debt quickly. en.wikipedia.org

However, price drops and financing problems in late 2008 have forced some companies to cancel or scale back uranium-mining projects. en.wikipedia.org

He was compelled to scale back his role until his death in 1930. en.wikipedia.org

It strongly advocated an economic plan which would significantly scale back government intervention and encourage capital investment and creation. en.wikipedia.org

The conference committee agreed to scale back the expansion of the interstate highway system to 1500mi km from convert. en.wikipedia.org

One of the problems this has created is that when there are economic downturns, these international firms scale back. en.wikipedia.org

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