paring down

Example Sentences

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Earlier this month, Fitch Ratings upgraded CK Hutchison’s credit rating, citing progress in paring down debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Before Chutkan set a briefing schedule, Smith obtained a superseding indictment, paring down the charges to remove allegations the Supreme Court held were absolutely immune.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024

But policymakers will need to stop doing that at some point, because paring down bond holdings too much could cause chaos in markets.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

On Sept. 8, race officials submitted another revised route, paring down the bike course to a series of loops roughly between Trancas Canyon and Westward Beach roads.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

The fancied reconciliation consists in paring down one half of the full-orbed truth to nothing, or in admitting it in words while every principle of the reconciler's system demands its denial.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander