as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
pared the stray branches on the tree
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Recent Examples of pare
At the same time, Irvine Company is paring down its downtown holdings.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
That program had been pared back even before it was passed two years ago — also for budget reasons — and lawmakers this week swept away what remained.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
But the economic damage is done Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow initially sinking more than 2,000 points before paring some losses and ending the day down around 1,000 points, or 2.5%.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of the year, Buffett pared this back by about two-thirds, selling just over 600 million shares and reducing the proportion of Berkshire's Apple holdings to just 22 percent of its total portfolio, per its most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
That program had been pared back even before it was passed two years ago — also for budget reasons — and lawmakers this week swept away what remained.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
But the economic damage is done Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow initially sinking more than 2,000 points before paring some losses and ending the day down around 1,000 points, or 2.5%.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Over the course of the year, Buffett pared this back by about two-thirds, selling just over 600 million shares and reducing the proportion of Berkshire's Apple holdings to just 22 percent of its total portfolio, per its most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pare
Verb
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Tommaso Ciampa has recently undergone a noticeable change in appearance by shaving off his trademark beard.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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With cord-cutting continuing to shave the traditional pay-TV bundle by millions of subscribers a year, however, FAST has become an increasingly vibrant part of the TV ecosystem.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Now cuts to federal funding threaten efforts to prevent more cases and outbreaks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Apr. 2025
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The House voted to scale back the city’s spending to 2024 levels in March, sparking a crisis as Bowser scrambled to find how to cut $1.1 billion.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Apr. 2025
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But after Morant exited, the Thunder trimmed their halftime deficit in half midway through the third quarter.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Keep it simple and sweet by wrapping paper into a cone, trimming the excess if desired, and securing it with tape.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Pare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pare. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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