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
Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Using a sharp paring knife, a smallish slit is cut into each breast, about 1 1/2-inches deep.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 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
Guests enjoy an incredible exploration and paring of Cycladic foods and wines at CHES.
—Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Using a sharp paring knife, a smallish slit is cut into each breast, about 1 1/2-inches deep.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paring
Noun
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With the dog sedated, the team went to work, shaving pounds of excess fur from her body.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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The nose features pronounced sweet and sour cherry, raspberry, rose petal, and cedar shaving notes.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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One witch bottle, found at a construction site in London, contained not only urine, but also hair, nail clippings and a leather heart pierced by an iron nail.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The inside covers of the notebooks were used to save a substantial collection of news clippings, an offbeat record of the world through those years of writing the book.—
Alexis Wright,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The couple can be seen having a blast as Hart took the clippers and started trimming Wilkerson's beard in various ways, eventually splitting it into three long strands.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Joan Hart is showing off her impressive beard-trimming skills!—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Popular on Variety The tone for proceedings is set by an introductory anecdote that Ricciardi relates directly to camera, concerning a teenage masturbation mishap that left him with splinters in the head of his member.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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There was, however, the problem of splinter factions and the Banished repeatedly striking against the Sangheili and UNSC, trying to complete the work left undone by the late Covenant.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Reality check: Data center jobs still make up a sliver of U.S. employment overall.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Media access is meticulously controlled, leaving only slivers of time to photograph practice or conduct interviews.—
Monty Davis,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Paring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paring. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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