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
  • Rinse your pruners in this solution, then dry them before continuing with your pruning work.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 22 July 2026
  • Daily tours allow the public to view the colorful creations and sometimes even spot the monarch himself out dead-heading the roses or pruning shrubs.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Stand remaining split ladyfingers around sides of pan, trimming to fit, if necessary.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026
  • Do provide needed trimming to reduce the height and width of coleus as needed.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of trimming
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  • Launched by General Mills in 1996, it was built to invite parents to turn ordinary grocery purchases into support for their child's school, originally by clipping box tops, now by scanning receipts in an app.
    — Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • He was arrested crossing the border from Mexico into Texas in September 1981, according to a news clipping from the Chicago Tribune.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 July 2026
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • Will paring the number of awards and filling that time with more entertainment (music performances, comedy routines, more heartfelt acceptance speeches) ultimately make a difference?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • Shares jumped as much as 7% in after-hours trading, wiping out the regular-session decline before paring the gains slightly.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of paring
Verb
  • Like GoDaddy, the image-editing functionality is basic but useful for small tasks like cropping and adjusting contrast.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026
  • Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic.
    — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of cropping
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  • In 2018, the DNC reformed its primaries on Sanders’s preferred terms, curtailing the role of superdelegates.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • Jin was detained with 17 other church leaders in October in one of China’s largest crackdowns on a single church in decades, raising worries over Beijing’s escalation in curtailing religious freedom.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of curtailing
Verb
  • 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
  • To achieve this look, start by mowing around the perimeter of your yard, then mow straight across the lawn, turn around, and cut in the opposite direction from an adjacent line.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
Definition of mowing
Verb
  • The agent did not invent a wholly new method of hacking, Woodward says.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 22 July 2026
  • Most tools monitor internal telemetry dressed up as external visibility, leaving adversary intent signals and hacking campaign planning invisible.
    — Kumar Ritesh, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of hacking
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