pare

as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument pared the stray branches on the tree

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Recent Examples of pare To make that possible, models are often pared down to conserve energy and processing power. Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025 What Brown and Downing have done, following comments Vrabel made last March, is help pare down the verbiage in McDaniels’ system. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Once its largest shareholder with a 40% stake, Lefkofsky stepped down from an active leadership role at Groupon in 2015 and has since pared his holdings to just under 10%. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 Dress it up with a pair of tights, a skirt, and some ballet flats, or pare it down with your favorite jeans, a tote bag, and some comfy sneakers. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pare
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  • Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To get into character, the actor had to shave his head, wear a combover and adjust his posture to appear nearly a foot shorter in order to capture the American songwriter's physical appearance.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Others have cut bills by a factor of five.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Control expenses This means trimming or eliminating the costs that don’t directly impact growth, profitability, or long-term sustainability of your business.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • To save money in 2026, MetroConnect will drop some low-ridership zones, trim operating hours and impose a three-mile cap on trips, said Natalia Jaramillo, communications director for Levine Cava.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Pare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pare. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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