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our football team suffered a pretty severe trimming
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A lot of the trimming was loose, the drawers didn't quite function, and there were pieces of plywood that needed replacing.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So the government goal of grappling with the budget might best be served by incrementalism - keeping growth flat, or lower than inflation, for a few years, combined with some select trimming, making the plans more likely to be acceptable to the general public and the Congress.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Disused lawn chairs, fishing nets, and air mattresses made their way through him to Hong Kong importers, who turned them into, for example, trimmings for knockoff purses.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The skill with which Ong has balanced human drama with robust social and political commentary is best exemplified by the project’s passage through Malaysia’s traditionally very conservative film censorship system with only minor cuts (the trimming of a long kissing scene being one of these).
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So the government goal of grappling with the budget might best be served by incrementalism - keeping growth flat, or lower than inflation, for a few years, combined with some select trimming, making the plans more likely to be acceptable to the general public and the Congress.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Disused lawn chairs, fishing nets, and air mattresses made their way through him to Hong Kong importers, who turned them into, for example, trimmings for knockoff purses.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The skill with which Ong has balanced human drama with robust social and political commentary is best exemplified by the project’s passage through Malaysia’s traditionally very conservative film censorship system with only minor cuts (the trimming of a long kissing scene being one of these).
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Trimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trimming. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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