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And while Clay may face a battle to expand its use cases within a larger organization, companies that start shaving several percentage points off of their operating expenses will be difficult to pull away from Clay, said Meritech’s Alex Kurland, who led the new funding round.—
Alex Konrad,
Forbes,
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Planners say it’s expected to shave 12 minutes off travel times for buses and commuters and five minutes for others.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Prune branches selectively rather than shearing indiscriminately.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Jan. 2025
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Photographs from The Courier Journal's archives show the aftermath of the bridge shearing the tops from large vehicles as early as 1978.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
27 Dec. 2024
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Wilkerson then took over and trimmed it down to a traditional chevron mustache, before eventually whittling his facial hair completely away for a clean-shaven look.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Those are just some of the frivolous expenses that actor Al Pacino details in his new memoir, Sonny Boy, expenditures that eventually whittled his fortune down from $50 million to nothing.—
Sharon Olson,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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Her navy silk wool double-breasted coat was nipped at the waist and worn with bare legs and stiletto heels.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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Judge says Florida regulators were OK nipping plan in the bud Medical marijuana operators ready to light up Florida voters in 2016 approved a constitutional amendment that broadly allowed medical marijuana.—
Dara Kam,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, Amsterdam passed a proposal to prevent cruise ships from docking in the city center to avoid overcrowding, The New York Times reported.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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Smaller cruise lines that regularly dock in Nice or anchor in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer including Sea Cloud Cruises, Windstar, and Atlas Ocean Voyages remain unaffected.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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His evening ceremonies were pared down compared to events held around town for Obama's two inaugurations.—
Anna Spiegel,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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The end-result: What was a 26 episode order was pared down to just 20 episodes.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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But the precise identities of enzymes catalyzing the process — the proteins that snip off a branch here, or add a piece there — remained mysterious.—
Veronique Greenwood,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Below him, in the courtyard, a gardener wearing a straw hat and a long skirt was spraying and snipping at the climbers.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
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The president-elect also briefly reflected on the assassination attempt against him last summer in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman clipped his ear before law enforcement killed the shooter.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The end came when Procházka clipped Hill with a left and rocked him to the mat with a punishing right.—
Brian Martin,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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