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How to use the word cannibalize in a Sentence?

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It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country that President Trump is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost President Trump own ego and for a wall President Trump promised Mexico would pay to build.

Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The big banks are trying to improve their customer experiences, the challenge for banks is: How much do you cannibalize the existing business?

Sulabh Agarwal

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I would like America to continue to strive to achieve the challenging and inspiring goal of landing astronauts on Mars, and if the Moon is an essential interim step, then I would support going there too, however, I am not prepared to cannibalize the rest of NASA's program or force the agency into taking foolhardy risks or making short-sighted plans simply to meet an arbitrary deadline.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The UUe will cannibalize all other economic systems.

Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
7 years ago

The president will want to ensure there is an outside organization to support his agenda that won’t cannibalize resources from the established party structure.

Ryan Williams

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If Boeing do deliver 777s at deeply discounted prices, they could cannibalize 777X sales. They would be borrowing from the future, if demand isn't there and they have to drop the price precipitously to sell, then my view is they won't do it and they will instead cut production.

Aengus Kelly

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don't want to oversupply and cannibalize our own business, we will continue our disciplined approach to capital allocation ... This will provide us with numerous options for delivering ongoing value for shareholders.

Ivan Glasenberg

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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