manicuring

verb

present participle of manicure
as in pruning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicuring
  1. pruning
  2. trimming
  3. clipping
  4. paring
  5. cropping
  6. curtailing
  7. mowing
  8. hacking
Verb
  • Dahlias benefit most from regular maintenance pruning rather than one large deadheading session.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 30 July 2026
  • Modern cultivars like ‘Nordic’ and ‘Gem Box’ feature dense growth, forming lush spheres in gardens without requiring pruning.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2026
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Three-year programs typically work by reducing the credit requirement from 120 down to 90 or 100, largely by trimming general education requirements, open electives, and the room for a double major or a semester abroad.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • And trimming too much of this plant can make the tree appear stunted or uneven.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Definition of trimming
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  • Miller said his dad used to sit in his firehouse, clipping newspaper stories on dark matter and black holes to send to his son.
    — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • For your cooking needs, harvest a couple of sprigs at any point during the growing season by clipping away a few branches.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2026
Definition of clipping
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  • But the necessity of paring down such a massive event has the effect of flattening the very elements that ought to give it its texture and heft — namely, the people involved.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • Cracker Barrel shares fell 6% on the news before paring some of those losses.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of paring
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  • Optical zoom is almost always better than digital zoom (which is essentially just cropping a higher-resolution image), so the 3x lens is very welcome.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026
  • Meta released its Content Seal AI watermark recently, but Reuters found that simply cropping the images a bit would often eliminate the watermark.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
Definition of cropping
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  • Both Carlson and Piker have recognized that people increasingly see the establishment — including politicians, police forces and the tech sector — as interested in curtailing people’s freedom.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • In 2018, the DNC reformed its primaries on Sanders’s preferred terms, curtailing the role of superdelegates.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of curtailing
Verb
  • Control buttons include Power, Home (which returns the mower to the station), Start (to begin a mowing cycle), and Back (to navigate the menu system).
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Unlike many apps that accompany smart tech, Anthbot's is made for people who might be setting up their first self-mowing gadget.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
Definition of mowing
Verb
  • The test of OpenAI’s models was supposed to take place in a digital sandbox, a supposedly inescapable lab environment that allows researchers to roll back safety barriers to discover the tool’s maximum hacking power.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
  • Somehow, the models managed to slip out of their shackles and go on a mini hacking spree.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacking
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