pared

Example Sentences

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Lilly pared back earlier losses and ticked up 0.3% on Monday.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

He wields a pared, tensile modern English that can pivot, in a breath, from the brutal to the tender.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It then pared some of its gains to close 27% above its IPO price.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Shares of Albertsons were down 2.1% in recent afternoon trading but had pared earlier losses of 5.4%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

It was to be in college, at Stanford, that my religious faith would seem to me suddenly pared.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez