as in cutting
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
pared the stray branches on the tree
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Recent Examples of paring
Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The paring looked promising, as Nabers got off to a historic start, posting two 100-yard receiving games and scoring three touchdowns in his first four games.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Corporate news Blackberry shares fell more than 9%, paring even steeper earlier losses, after the Canadian cybersecurity company announced earnings.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Grace Commission produced a 47 volume report that, if implemented, promised a reduction of Federal spending of nearly half a trillion dollars in three years and a paring of the national debt by over $10 Trillion over the next sixteen years.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The paring looked promising, as Nabers got off to a historic start, posting two 100-yard receiving games and scoring three touchdowns in his first four games.
—Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
On Thursday, the most-active contract for robusta fell as much as 2% when markets opened before paring those losses, while arabica futures also declined.
—Bloomberg News, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Corporate news Blackberry shares fell more than 9%, paring even steeper earlier losses, after the Canadian cybersecurity company announced earnings.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paring
Noun
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Three delectable desserts: the alpine honey cake, the olive oil panna cotta with wedges of grapefruit and kumquats and the grapefruit and Campari ice with shavings.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Across the way, Truman sprawled out on a fragrant bed of fresh wood shavings.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Noun
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In the ensuing decades, Iris figures out death’s plan by collecting newspaper clippings about the grisly demises of not only the people in the Skyview but also all of their blood relatives.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Old photos and archival materials — concert fliers, newspaper clippings and even a Cadillac registration — are interspersed with Swamp Dogg’s writing, making the book more of a visual autobiography or scrapbook than a standard cookbook.—
Jinnie Lee Laura Regensdorf Elissa Suh Roxanne Fequiere,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Melissa Joan Hart is showing off her impressive beard-trimming skills!—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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The couple can be seen having a blast as Hart took the clippers and started trimming Wilkerson's beard in various ways, eventually splitting it into three long strands.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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While splinters were already forming, a trio of Grammy nominations nevertheless followed - with Potter left to ponder what could’ve/should’ve been.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Israeli military rule would last nearly four decades, during which Hamas emerged as a splinter of the Muslim Brotherhood movement in the 1980s, until a 2005 disengagement.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
Noun
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With a tiny sliver of activist voters holding the same power to deny a candidate an office as a majority of the broad general electorate, the incentives for bipartisanship have all but disappeared in most states and districts.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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Small slivers of the population in cities, towns, and counties across the U.S., nearly every spring, are able to saddle their fellow residents with millions and in some cases billions of dollars worth of new tax and spending obligation.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Paring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paring. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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