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Around 10% of all the companies in the USA are cutting maintenance costs in several ways.
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The verb "to suffice", in "a 24-hour turnaround might have to suffice instead" (l.10-11), is closest in meaning to to be sufficient or enough.
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The word "trend", in "This trend is being seen in pockets all over the industry" (l.22-23), can be correctly translated into Portuguese as tendência.
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The extract "companies have to do what they have to do" (l.2) can be correctly translated into Portuguese as companhias fazem o que têm de fazer.
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About 20% of the IT staff in a $ 1,5 billion Midwestern sporting goods manufacturer had been dismissed from their jobs.
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Aside from cutting or renegotiating maintenance pacts, companies trim costs in order to avoid or reduce layoffs.
