trimmings

noun

plural of trimming
as in defeats
failure to win a contest our football team suffered a pretty severe trimming

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Recent Examples of trimmings Collect all trimmings and add them to the compost pile or dispose of diseased material. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 July 2026 Trim overgrown house plants; use trimmings for cuttings. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 In Miami Beach, the first offense for disposing of any trash, including tree trimmings and garden garbage, somewhere you are not supposed to can led to a $500 fine. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 Save Cheese Rinds and Vegetable Trimmings Instead of giving that last nib of Parmesan or cured meat trimmings the heave-ho, use them to transform a stock, braise, soup, or sauce. — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026 Kate’s coatdress, designed by Catherine Walker, featured light blue buttons with white trimmings on the edges of her lapels and pockets to match her hat, which featured a light blue outer rim with a white center. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 How to Propagate Plant Trimmings Learning how to propagate plant trimmings is an essential skill for plant enthusiasts. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 8 June 2026 For ultimate privacy with all the Les Airelles trimmings, the hotel has brought three impossibly luxe chalets into the fold, each swallowing up to 15 guests for weeks of high-altitude hedonism. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 People who compost their food scraps and yard trimmings can contribute to reducing landfill methane emissions; improving soil health; and sequestering carbon, according to the EPA. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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  1. defeats
  2. losses
  3. beatings
  4. setbacks
Noun
  • Those earlier playoff defeats were entirely deserved, because the salary cap had chipped away at the roster and the Lightning were a lesser team.
    — Scott Turick, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
  • Heavy defeats in key areas would further dilute the ANC’s power.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • Monday’s game will be the Sparks’ first contest since consecutive blowout losses, 125-97 to Toronto on June 25 and 111-87 to Indiana on June 27.
    — John W. Davis, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
  • The Sox found a way to bounce back after back-to-back walk-off losses.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of losses
Noun
  • Complaints about poor conditions were often ignored or met with violence, including late-night beatings and pepper spray, detainees said.
    — Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
  • Complaints about poor conditions were often ignored or met with violence, including late-night beatings and pepper spray, detainees said.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of beatings
Noun
  • Shein will publicly list in Hong Kong after finally receiving Beijing’s approval, deepening its Chinese roots following global setbacks.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has also been met with a series of setbacks.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of setbacks

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