manicuring

present participle of manicure

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Verb
  • The process of pruning involves removing dead, diseased, damaged, or crossing branches that can attract pests and be an entryway for diseases.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Getting the timing right is key because pruning daylilies at the wrong time can make plants flower less.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Tidy it up, trimming off any leggy, weak winter growth.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Arrange soaked ladyfingers in a single layer in bottom of an 8-inch square baking dish, trimming or breaking ladyfingers as needed to fit.
    Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Melissa went on to tear through Cuba and the Bahamas before clipping Bermuda on its way out to sea.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Next to a wooden model of an ibis and a Brazil shirt signed by 1994 World Cup winner Ricardo Rocha is a small newspaper clipping.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Procter & Gamble reported in October that its lower-income customers are significantly paring back their spending.
    Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Argentine peso surged as much as 10% against the US dollar before paring gains.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This not only sets a new video specification benchmark for 360° cameras but also provides ample room for post-cropping and creative editing with its higher resolution.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For one, cropping into the frame makes high ISO image noise more apparent.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the couple’s charitable organization, has been faced with criticism recently for curtailing its other philanthropic work.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The rebound in corporate profitability was largely helped by Beijing’s policies aimed at curtailing fierce price competition across industrial sectors, at a time when deflation in producer prices stretched into its third year.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cormican and sheriff’s deputies spent that afternoon traveling back and forth across the lake at about four miles an hour, as if mowing a lawn, pulling the towfish on a cable behind them.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The gang starts getting creepy, threatening notes right as Ghostface shows up and starts mowing local teens down.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Back in 2018, the politician confessed to hacking the official website of Labour peer Harriet Harman a decade earlier and changing the content to be pro-Conservative.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • During a panel on whole-life wellness, longevity was discussed as more than just hacking exercise and nutrition habits; experts redefined it as adopting a health mindset to live a longer—and happier—life now and into the future.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Manicuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manicuring. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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