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parings

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plural of paring

as in shavings

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Congress can swing the axe but taxpayers pick up the splinters.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
But as the season neared the winter transfer window, the expectation was for Mainoo to leave on loan rather than continue to pick up splinters on the bench.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026

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Historical data about the parts of the nation that use the most air conditioning shows a strong geographical trend.

— Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of parts

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On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.

— Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Definition of chunks

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Rather than presenting a tightly edited wardrobe, the collection offered a broad vision of contemporary luxury that appealed to multiple customer segments.

— Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Standalone segments in the anthology will focus on different objects, entities or events under the containment-breach narrative.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 6 July 2026

Definition of segments

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Instead, at the scene, detectives looked at snippets of surveillance videos stored on Burke’s phone.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
The fair booths, all inside structures that resembled the neoclassical architecture of the nearby National Gallery of Art, offered snippets of Americana to visitors.

— Gary Fields, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026

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