as in cutting
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 paring
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 June 2025
Similar sorbet & French fries parings can be found at La Côte in the Fontainebleau, with a simple serve of Moët & Chandon poured at Delilah.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Irvine Company is paring down its downtown holdings.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Others are still discouraged from the paring back of incentives for domestic productions and have been inactive.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 June 2025
Similar sorbet & French fries parings can be found at La Côte in the Fontainebleau, with a simple serve of Moët & Chandon poured at Delilah.
—Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
But Minor had taken ill in recent years and had been paring back her responsibilities, including by selling one of her own plots to Blair.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Irvine Company is paring down its downtown holdings.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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At the same time, the Congressional Budget Office sees tariffs shaving trillions of dollars off the deficit.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
25 Aug. 2025
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When a trompo taco is ordered, a cook brandishes a knife of ferocious sharpness, shaving a thin, broad piece large enough to overhang the corn tortilla it’s laid upon.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Black and white family pictures, Arlington Heights High School shirts, newspaper clippings and awards also line the restaurant’s walls.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Aug. 2025
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In Hollywood, walls covered by newspaper clippings and photos with glowing eyes lead attendees to their first encounter with Art the Clown.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Barcelona’s decision was not a sporting one but based on cutting wages.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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There’s people cutting sandwiches, putting the sandwiches right to the camera, squeezing the juices.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The butterfly-open design gives quick access to tweezers for bee stings or wooden splinters, and sharp scissors for clipping trail tape or loose threads—all while staying impressively lightweight.—
Brandon Schultz,
Travel + Leisure,
17 July 2025
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Communities that ignore the first crack pay dearly when the whole block splinters.—
Edgar Domenech,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Management responded by trimming 2025 EPS guidance by more than 10% to $30.—
John Buckingham,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Dolphins general manager Chris Grier spoke to the media on Wednesday, the day after trimming the team’s roster to 53 by the league’s deadline.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The token slivers of human-interest drama (a divorce battle, a visit to the pediatrician) that are meant to counterpoint the possibility of Armageddon with the oh-so-ironic triviality of quotidian concerns.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Obviously, the overall deliveries are instrumental in establishing the average unit cost for each 30-second sliver of airtime, but when a half-minute is commanding $8 million a pop, there’s only so much extra dough that can be squeezed out of the Big Game’s sponsors.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Paring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paring. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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