How to Use pare in a Sentence
pare
verb- They pared the stray branches on the tree.
- The company has to find a way to pare expenses.
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The Dow has since pared its losses and is back in the green.
— Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023 -
The plan now is to pare things back a bit and get back to the basics.
— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2019 -
At that point, the bank will begin to pare back on its rate hikes.
— Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022 -
The movement to pare back the role of police isn't a monolith, though.
— CNN, 17 June 2020 -
Janet Yellen is set to announce the start of the Fed’s move to pare its balance sheet.
— Maggie Day, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017 -
The star, 31, pared back the rest of her look with neutral make-up and loose waves through her brunette hair.
— Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024 -
Plop on a potato, peel it and pare it in 10 seconds flat!
— Maren Estrada, BGR, 20 Apr. 2021 -
Do as Marie Kondo says and pare your things down to just those that bring you joy.
— Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022 -
The firm still faces pressure to pare back its $120 billion debt pile.
— Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020 -
Stanford — will open play against the winner of a first-round game that will pare the field to 32.
— Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021 -
The changes were the latest in a slew of freeway projects ODOT has pared down in the face of a funding shortfall.
— oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023 -
That was later pared back to the 95 net acres included in the appraisal.
— Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024 -
The Blackhawks had pared down in a rebuild that gave them better odds in the lottery.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023 -
The first step is to pare back ingredient lists and stick with what will last.
— Christopher Ross, WSJ, 3 June 2020 -
That’s got to be tough to pare down, when your house is just bulging with Amazon product.
— Luke Winkie, Vox, 14 June 2019 -
This step-by-step guide will help you to pare it down to the places that really matter to you.
— Jenny Earnest, Outside Online, 2 May 2020 -
Things had to be pared back — the offensive made more simple.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024 -
This comes as Zaslav tries to pare down the company’s debt.
— Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023 -
The editors pare them down to mere minutes for each episode.
— Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022 -
Ether shed over a fifth of its value before paring some of the slide to change hands at $2,342.
— Suvashree Ghosh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2024 -
With a shirt this bold, your instinct might be to pare down the rest of your outfit and keep things simple.
— Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018 -
As the album pared down to the basics, Swift embraced her acoustic roots.
— Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Many at the time assumed the move was designed to pare down the company's workforce.
— Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2020 -
Pelosi has already shown little desire to pare back the price tag.
— Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021 -
With odds still tight ahead of Tuesday, some are paring back.
— William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Use a wire stripping tool to pare back about ¾ inch of the insulation.
— Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022 -
Here, the idea is to pare the mantel down rather than overwhelm it with too many accessories.
— Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024 -
The letter represents another bid by Democrats to push the administration to pressure Israel to pare back its attacks in Lebanon.
— Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
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