manicuring

verb

Definition of manicuringnext
present participle of manicure
as in pruning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicuring
  1. pruning
  2. trimming
  3. clipping
  4. paring
  5. curtailing
  6. hacking
Verb
  • By pruning unnecessary tasks and focusing on meaningful work, leaders can make space for larger, bolder ideas to emerge.
    Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Hydrangea species vary in their winter hardiness as well as pruning needs.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of pruning
Verb
  • Just three percent of his shots this season have come from deep, continuing a six-year trend of trimming his three-point attempts.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The entire hotel transforms into a winter wonderland, and guests gather from near and far to vote on their favorite rendition of trimming a tree.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • Bag up thicker icing in a variety of shades, clipping or tying the back of the piping bags to seal, then create bags of thinner icing in a variety of colors.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
  • To maximize flowering, prune late blooming clematis hard in February by clipping vines back to the lowest set of flower buds.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of clipping
Verb
  • That could include paring back tax incentives and grants for businesses producing electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In that case, paring down the position or diversifying away some of that risk may be warranted.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of paring
Verb
  • Turkey's approach to Syria, historically filtered through the lens of curtailing Kurdish influence along its borders, has shaped its strategic positioning.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His proposals include reducing federal incentives for clean energy, curtailing the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate emissions, and imposing new tariffs that could increase the costs of clean energy technologies.
    Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of curtailing
Verb
  • The stop texting story even outweighed the Chinese hacking story that led to the FBI warning in the first place.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There’s a lot of hacking and hewing in mysticism, that the self is something that has to be kind of torn apart, torn open.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of hacking
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