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to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
pruned the dead branches from the old apple tree
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Recent Examples of pruned
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Here are 10 popular types of garden plants that are best pruned in wintertime.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024
Dwarf crab apples can get 8-10 feet tall but can be kept pruned.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Although different plants need to be pruned at different times of the year, winter pruning is usually the best option for avoiding thrips.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
In the height of spring, the statement frangipani tree has been pruned into a picture of grace.
—Delilah Khomo, theweek, 10 Oct. 2024
But even after mild winters, these shrubs need pruned to keep them strong and manageable.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
Butterfly bushes that never get pruned get scraggly, overgrown, and may only bloom sparsely at the very top of the plant, rather than all over the shrub.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
Some perennial plants should be pruned in fall, while others benefit from waiting until spring.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
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Because the buds are not present during the winter months, these plants can be pruned in late winter or early spring, before new growth begins.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Here are 10 popular types of garden plants that are best pruned in wintertime.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024
Dwarf crab apples can get 8-10 feet tall but can be kept pruned.
—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Although different plants need to be pruned at different times of the year, winter pruning is usually the best option for avoiding thrips.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
In the height of spring, the statement frangipani tree has been pruned into a picture of grace.
—Delilah Khomo, theweek, 10 Oct. 2024
But even after mild winters, these shrubs need pruned to keep them strong and manageable.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
Butterfly bushes that never get pruned get scraggly, overgrown, and may only bloom sparsely at the very top of the plant, rather than all over the shrub.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
Some perennial plants should be pruned in fall, while others benefit from waiting until spring.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pruned
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There are also far too many songs in A Complete Unknown—most are profoundly affecting, but a few ought to have been strategically trimmed.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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The hope is that NASA will use its limited budget to continue to fund this kind of research, but the worry is that as costs get trimmed with a focus on human exploration of the Moon and Mars, work that doesn’t have an obvious and immediate practical application will fall by the wayside.Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Fed ultimately voted to begin cutting rates in September and again opted to lower rates at its November meeting, just days after the election.Julia Shapero, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Macy’s — Shares shed less than 1% after the department store chain cut its fiscal-year forecast .Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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In that incident, the semitrailer was crossing the track when the train clipped the rear of the trailer, according to Avoca Fire Department Battalion Chief Jacob Davis.NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Josie made two solid, explosive passes at the convoy, but her bird could not avoid getting clipped by enemy fire.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Pruned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pruned. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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