as in cutting
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 paring
Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Read on for how to find the best paring, chef’s, and santoku knives for your kitchen, including our top-scoring picks.
—Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Buffett, 94, began paring the massive investment in mid-July, putting pressure on the stock’s price ever since.
—Katherine Doherty, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Noun
This attractive paring knife has a simple two-rivet design and comes in five colors.
—Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Read on for how to find the best paring, chef’s, and santoku knives for your kitchen, including our top-scoring picks.
—Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Verb
Oil prices were lower on Tuesday, paring recent gains after notching their sharpest weekly gain since early 2023 last week.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
Buffett, 94, began paring the massive investment in mid-July, putting pressure on the stock’s price ever since.
—Katherine Doherty, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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For now, the park has encouraged visitors to limit showers to five minutes and take other steps, such as selective flushing of toilets and turning off water when possible while brushing teeth or shaving.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
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This followed Unilever's deal to sell its Suave shaving business to Yellow Wood last year.Kimberly Chin, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jenkins got access to scores of photographs, clippings, and even recordings Armstrong made of his own conversations for this documentary, and that access provides a much fuller picture of the legendary musician than the world has ever had.Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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The movie, now on Netflix, is a strong comeback vehicle for the Oscar-winning actress Comments There’s a story that soprano Maria Callas, secluded in her Paris apartment in the months before dying of a heart attack at 53, could be found paging sadly through her clippings.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor — Bare.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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Physical trauma to the nail can damage blood vessels beneath the nail, causing blood to pool and appear as a dark verticle line (known as a splinter hemorrhage).Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
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The traditional lands of the Lenape, or People, encompassed modern-day New York City and much of southern New York state, eastern Pennsylvania, a sliver of the Delaware River and the entire state of New Jersey.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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But, like its Bahamian neighbors to the north, more than a sliver of the island of Providenciales is becoming a culinary destination of its own – thanks in part to the sprawling Grace Bay Resort, which has 10 restaurants and five bars of its own across the island.Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Paring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paring. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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