pared
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This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, which has been slightly mitigated by recent rainfall, but also a reduction in cultivated areas -- pared back 1.9 percent in the past year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Both main contracts fell Monday, extending Friday's drop, though the losses were pared by news that Yemen had started a new military operation to retake all territory held by the Houthis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
As a result, those two companies have pared back their spending on buybacks in recent quarters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
She cleaned the seeds out of the center and cut the pumpkin into long slices, from which she pared the rind.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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