The grocery had stayed open but cut back its hours, and dropped from a dozen employees to only a couple.

Budget constraints caused the library to cut back its hours, so Gates used her extra day off to begin writing.

But as taxes rose and incentives to work diminished, Europeans cut back their hours or dropped out of the labor force.

He cut back his hours a couple of years ago, and the nurses have been hinting that "the day" would soon come.

But none of the managers interviewed plans to lay workers off, or even cut back their hours.

Last year, he also cut back his hours to help care for a new infant son, who was born with severe disabilities.

The Senate dining room will cut back its hours of operation to save money.

They've been cutting back our hours because there's been no business.

And rather than cut back his hours, he took on the second demanding job of writing a book.

Steel mills across the country laid off thousands of workers or cut back their hours.