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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skiving
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Since then, there have been fall 1996 Gianni Versace Couture gowns at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards and a waist-whittling custom Ashi Studio creation for the 2026 Golden Globes.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
22 Feb. 2026 -
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent screened the qualifying candidates, whittling the list down to five and then four.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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After years of trying out different hairstyles, Suggs finally went all in on shaving it all off.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Soon, Melling’s Colin is obeying his lover’s every order, including by shaving himself bald and sleeping like a dog on the floor.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
2 Mar. 2026
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The plants bloom in late spring and early summer and can be encouraged to bloom again by shearing the plants back by two-thirds after the first flowers fade.—
Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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Plus, shearing the plants will encourage them to rebloom.—
Michelle Darrisaw,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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These trees need pruning in the winter to remove the internal twigs and let the sculptural trunks show.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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After winter pruning in January, apply an organic granular fertilizer in mid-February or March as new growth begins.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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After cutting direct military aid to Ukraine last year, Washington even reached out to Kyiv for its expertise in countering Iranian drones, which Russia uses to attack it.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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During one spurt, the freshman put up eight points in less than four minutes, cutting UCLA’s lead to 11.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Saudi Tadawul fell by nearly 5% before paring losses, while the Oman and Bahrain bourses also slipped.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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One such category that Zaslow recommends paring down is broken or ineffective fall and winter tools.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ryan can't score after trimming more clock.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Despite being outshot through the first two periods, the Cougars hung tough before trimming the Moorhead lead to just one early in the third.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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The results indicate that techniques such as cropping images so models focus their attention on relevant regions and applying reinforcement learning for reasoning can minimize hallucinations in VLMs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2026
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The last family photo features less of the family, with Kardashian cropping it so that most of her face and all of Barker’s is out of view.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Skiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiving. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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