stripping (down)

present participle of strip (down)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripping (down)
Verb
  • Its food business, which includes Lay’s chips, Quaker, and Rice-A-Roni, is no longer strong enough to paper over its beverage weakness; Elliott suggests some pruning.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Tools like pruning, quantization, and knowledge distillation all reduce model size or speed up inference.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Management responded by trimming 2025 EPS guidance by more than 10% to $30.
    John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • 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
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“Stripping (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripping%20%28down%29. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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