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lop

verb

Definition of lop

as in to prune

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Recent Examples of lop Trump did not spell out the word in full in his post, instead opting to lop off the final G. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026 In fact, a short extension might feel tempting because of the quality of play and the potential to lop $10 million or more off the 2026 cap. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026 But the measure would lop off miles of farmland near Fresno in exchange for an arm reaching into Stockton to capture more Democratic voters. — Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lop

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Verb

It’s been a dynamic year with a varied complexion of transactions, from mega-mergers to portfolio pruning through corporate divestitures.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Big companies like UnitedHealth Group, Humana, and others are chasing higher profits by pruning benefits, after investors grew dissatisfied with margins that were smaller than the insurers had promised.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of prune

Verb

Acts who might typically tour with multiple semi-trucks have to pare it down to come play the off-the-grid, experimental fest.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, typically experimental designer Duran Lantink pared back his characteristically whackadoodle approach to design for a smarter compromise this season.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of pare

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This year’s Democrats are making hard plays for northeast Ohio, at least to trim the GOP margins.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Amid the ongoing labor negotiations in baseball, which is widely expected to result in a work stoppage this winter, MLB agreed to trim the requirement to five years for players over 30 years old.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of trim

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Her shrunken two-piece skirt suit—the jacket cropped to reveal her abs, the skirt extra-mini—perfectly encapsulated the cartoonish silhouette that Barbie so often rocks.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
But then, on the day, someone cropped the photo on the phone to be just her.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of crop

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On a read-option play, Colandrea kept the ball, picked up the first down, cut back upfield and turned the corner for Nebraska's second touchdown of the game, extending its lead to 17-6.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
When the film next cuts back to this room, Sri explains that this is the root of her decision to leave and work in Saudi Arabia.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut back

Verb

On Wednesday, the evening before they were set to dock, the mood seemed far more jovial aboard the ship; sailors were chatting and laughing, some were running a 5K around a deck now free of aircraft.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors say workers were paid less than $2 an hour, illegally docked money for housing and denied overtime for working up to 10 hours a day, six days a week.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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