manicuring

Definition of manicuringnext
present participle of manicure
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Verb
  • Renewal pruning is another beneficial technique—cutting back overgrown stems to remove barriers preventing light from reaching inner branches.
    Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Usually, lilacs need the renewal method of pruning.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Tried to listen online while the neighbor made enough noise cutting and trimming his yard during the entire game.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Steve Anderson was trimming a tree near a power line with his 17-year-old son on Saturday, April 18, when the accident occurred, according to Fox affiliate KOKI.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Vikki Papagno holds up a newspaper clipping from her scrapbook.
    Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Shoppers also claim that the D-ring built into the rim of the bag is a useful feature for clipping keys onto so that they don’t get buried inside.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The expected tariff refund helped push the company’s stock up 6% in pre-market trading, before paring back gains.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The opposite approach—paring things down to the bare minimum—often comes at the cost of comfort and routine.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Another feature of the exhibit showcases photos with editorial marks on cropping and how the photographs were used to record major events and everyday life in Black communities.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But Emirati officials had threatened for years to leave, blaming Opec’s production quotas for unfairly curtailing its oil exports.
    Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Instead of curtailing the spending spree, the City Council put a sales tax hike on the November 2024 ballot.
    Mark Powell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • So, planting carpetgrass instead of traditional turfgrass won't spare you from mowing.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The mowing talent just isn't translating to the secretarial side of life.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Cybercriminal groups like ShinyHunters are focusing on identity systems and employee access instead of traditional hacking methods.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • But there is also a world of more shadowy techniques – a whole history of hacking shenanigans going back nearly a century.
    Willa Rubin, NPR, 1 May 2026
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“Manicuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manicuring. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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