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Starbucks may be closing 36 locations in Southern California as the chain looks to pare down its store count and shut underperforming coffee houses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Such arguments are meant to pare down complicated, systemic issues into a series of individual choices.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Finance Department is expected to pare down and fine-tune the list.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

It worked to pare down menus and offer dinner deals, and rolled out items like slow-braised pot roast and hash-brown casserole shepherd’s pie.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The horrible pare On a velvet dais at the back of the room lay a ten-foot-long golden casket.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

First, the order pares the list of recommended immunizations to 11 diseases from 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The bank pares its 2026 earnings-per-share estimate for Resolute by 4% to 15.1 U.S. cents, but makes no changes to its 2027 and 2028 estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Moderna pares early gains even as the drugmaker posts higher revenue and a narrower loss for the first quarter.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

When the prime minister addresses the cabinet, not far away in 10 Downing Street, he is primus inter pares, first among equals, sitting among his or her ministers.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Both benchmarks had pared gains Monday after Saudi Arabia resumed loading vessels at the Red Sea port of Yanbu via its East-West pipeline, a key export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Long-term government bond yields -- which this week touched two-decade highs -- fell as investors pared back their inflation expectations, which at 3.4 percent is currently well above the bank's two percent target.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

On currency markets, the yen strengthened to around 153.50 per dollar after seeing Tuesday's rally -- which saw it within a whisker of its 2026 high -- pared towards the end of the day.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Shein pared some losses, ending the day with a decline of about 4% at HK$46.58, or $5.94.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

I nod with fervor because pared down to those terms, I understand.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The S&P 500 reached an intraday high of 7,741.27 on Thursday, before paring some gains to close at 7,730.99.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Japanese unit strengthened from a four-decade low around 163 to the greenback Friday, to 155.23 Monday, its best level since May, before paring the gains.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Aschenbrenner and colleagues discussed selling private investments, such as Anthropic, paring its portfolio of public shares, or taking other steps, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The stock rose as much as 8.9% to 625 rupees early Tuesday before paring the gain to about 8% on the BSE around noon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood