as in defeat
failure to win a contest
our football team suffered a pretty severe trimming
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as in mastering
to achieve a victory over
a speed skater who consistently trimmed all his competition
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as in whipping
to defeat by a large margin
they trimmed our team by 40 points
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as in shaving
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
trimmed her bangs
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as in decorating
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
trim a tree for Christmas
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as in organizing
to make neat
trimmed the shrubbery in order to enhance the house's curb appeal
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Recent Examples of trimming
Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Regular trimming keeps plants compact and encourages fresh growth.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
Yun Li, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
The utility plans to better align tree-trimming efforts with areas identified as highest risk.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
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Noun
As the debate heats up online, here's a look at when people pack up the tree and trimmings.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Regular trimming keeps plants compact and encourages fresh growth.
—Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
Verb
Berkshire has been aggressively trimming its two largest equity holdings — Apple and Bank of America — paring positions that for years defined the portfolio.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
The utility plans to better align tree-trimming efforts with areas identified as highest risk.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trimming
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In just a number of months, voters will head to the polls for midterms, the first nationwide test for Democrats following their across the board defeat in 2024, itself partly due to perceptions that the party was too far to the left.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement But vulnerability isn’t the same as defeat.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Advocacy isn’t about mastering policy jargon or tracking every bill.—
Mary D. Kane,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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But there can also be peace in mastering it.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The cold weather shouldn’t be a huge factor unless the wind starts whipping.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The wind was whipping throughout Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, that day, which had a massive impact on the kicking game.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
29 Dec. 2025
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Millions of Americans are shaving down their grocery budgets and putting off buying a home as wages fail to meet rising costs of living.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Emma Stone Stone kicked off the year with a bang—or, rather, a pixie—after shaving her head for her role in Bugonia.—
Rachel Krause,
Vogue,
23 Dec. 2025
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However, decorating is a marathon—not a sprint.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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My husband devotes many hours to baking all the desserts, shopping for food and drinks, and lavishly decorating the house.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Want more cleaning and organizing tips?—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
12 Jan. 2026
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There is so much energy in Falk’s writing that the reader can feel tensions in the city as officials, some working secretly with the bosses, try to stop the cigar factory women from organizing, call them Communists and demean them for being Polish.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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School desegregation, voting rights and public-accommodation battles – especially across the South – had led to shootings and beatings of African Americans by white counterprotesters and police.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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Non-league Macclesfield Town produced one of the FA Cup’s most startling soccer upsets on Saturday beating titleholders Crystal Palace 2–1 in a third‑round thriller.—
Reuters 17 hr ago,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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This came on the heels of another fleeting feel-good moment for the Rangers (20-18-6), who opened the new year by defeating the two-time defending champion Florida Panthers in Friday’s Winter Classic.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Zinke faced close races during his second House tenure however, winning his seat in the 2022 midterms by around three points before defeating the same opponent during the 2024 presidential election by more than seven points.—
Hunter Woodall,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Trimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimming. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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