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also stript (down)
as in pruned
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Evergreens, however, are best pruned in the fall.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Barber’s thinning shears pruned the hair near the scalp leaving long strands untouched on the outside hiding their pruning below the surface.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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It can be refined into lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate — the battery-grade chemicals used in lithium-ion batteries.—
Ray Mwayera,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The war has caused global oil prices to spike — leading prices for gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other products refined from crude oil to surge, too.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Polamalu explained that the debate about what's more ethical is complicated, and it shouldn't be oversimplified.—
Rick Ritter,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Brain researchers long knew that the model for studying memory oversimplified the complex processes that the brain uses to decide what to keep and for how long.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
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To be honest, even with the public spectacle of a trial now taken off CAA’s plate, most of Musero’s case had been trimmed back in June last year (see below), so a lot of what could have taken place on the record and in public would have been somewhere between embarrassing and performative.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The space agency quickly determined that the 2022 strike trimmed the smaller asteroid’s orbit around its bigger companion.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Stripped (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripped%20%28down%29. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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