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Builders had hoped to capitalize on a busy spring buying season to whittle down inventories, but it was disappointing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

If you have a highly concentrated stock allocation with large built-up gains, you can gradually whittle down your position and use the $6,000 deduction to minimize or cancel the tax hit, Adams says.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

He must whittle that number down to 26 as England accelerate planning for their opening World Cup game against Croatia on 17 June in Arlington, Texas.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

That hasn’t deterred the U.S., which has been flying more than 10 MQ-9 orbits over Iran at a time as the American commanders push to stop Tehran’s ballistic-missile launches and whittle down other offensive capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

“I wanted to use it as inspiration. To whittle my own.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

That’s because inflation whittles away at the real purchasing power of those future interest payments.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Continuing to work whittles away at what time we have left to travel and enjoy the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Even as the state hospital whittles down its waitlist, it’s still grappling with how to handle the influx of patients with a wide range of needs.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

This event often whittles down the primary field to a handful of candidates.

From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023

The Damasio team whittles it down to one.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

After 72 matches across three countries, 48 teams who qualified for the 2026 World Cup have been whittled down to 32.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

That marks the reversal of a 15-year period when company buybacks and mergers-and-acquisitions activity whittled down the actual number of shares out there to invest, giving stocks fuel to keep rising, said McElligott.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

In the face of opposition from riders and delays in building charging stations, authorities have since whittled down the proposal to cover just 11 streets spread over 0.5 square kilometres.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

The process is still in its early stages and the list of prospective buyers is likely to be whittled down in the coming weeks, the people added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

My battle rage fades, leaving me feeling like my insides have been whittled away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Doing a cash-out refinance of a pandemic-era mortgage with a rate in the 3% range at today’s rates above 6% might actually be far more expensive than simply whittling down a card balance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

But the key is to put a cap on how much you spend to avoid falling into the trap of whittling away your winnings.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025

In each case, he wrote and recorded some 50 songs before whittling down his track lists considerably.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

Without Edwards, Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert — the latter two because of injury — the Timberwolves ticked up their physicality and attacked, whittling the Lakers’ lead down to three points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

“I was angry about not getting any fish,” he said as he returned to his whittling, “so I struck my crutch against a rock. It broke, of course.”

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park