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 An extra week in the sun can turn lawn clippings and trimmings into a smelly soup and attract bugs and other unwanted pests. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 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
  • Your mind fills with all the defeats; all the anguish of mistakes made and opportunities missed.
    — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
  • Then came consecutive defeats to Georgia and Georgia Tech, two losses under totally different circumstances that launched this downfall.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of defeats
Noun
  • The Pentagon is not revealing its equipment losses, but Tehran is claiming large numbers of US Black Hawk helicopters destroyed and base infrastructure like aircraft hangars heavily damaged in its days of attacks.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Behind that toll are individual losses, told here through what people carried out of the debris.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 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
  • Withstanding territorial beatings from rival lions.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of beatings
Noun
  • But also quite a few issues, like mechanical problems, operational setbacks and a possible performance deficit.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Mayfield, initially an MVP contender, battles a cascade of physical setbacks that undermine his team's success, though his family life and competitive nature shine through.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of setbacks

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