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
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  • Fungal disease damage can often be eliminated by pruning plants to improving the air circulation in and around the shrub.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 15 July 2026
  • Joanna Glovinsky runs a local fruit tree pruning and education company called Fruitstitute.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Rather than just trimming stems and plopping them in a vase, reflexing plays with the form of the flower by gently folding petals backwards to open up the bloom.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
  • Even the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are still sitting on a huge haul of future draft capital, had to start trimming their supporting cast this offseason because Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams’ max extensions kicked in.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • Leandro Trossard — Belgium/Arsenal (+11) Went from arguing with captain Youri Tielemans during the second hydration break against Senegal to clipping the ball onto his head for a dramatic equaliser that sent the match to extra time.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Ninety-five-year-old Warren Buffett is famous for clipping coupons and living in a modest Nebraska house, despite having $146 billion to his name.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 June 2026
Definition of clipping
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  • However, Stewart started paring down her business in recent years.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
  • This Brooklyn town house layers English textiles and plays with color drenching to maximize its tighter spaces but maintains its tidiness by paring back on decor.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 7 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
Verb
  • 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
  • Regularly mowing your lawn deters snakes from taking up residence in your yard, which includes ornamental and prairie-style native grasses.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
  • Raise mowing height during dry spells to promote deeper roots and conserve soil moisture.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
Definition of mowing
Verb
  • In 2021, a critical bug in open-source software left hundreds of millions of devices around the world vulnerable to hacking and triggered a frantic response from Biden administration officials.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • That’s what happened to members of a Russian intelligence group on Monday after they were blacklisted by the European Union for allegedly spying on and hacking targets as far back as 2010.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of hacking
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