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paring
noun as in chip
noun as in sliver
Example Sentences
Shares fell around 4% in midday trading after the publication of the results before paring some losses.
Shares in the Korean automaker surged as much as 12% on news of the trade pact before paring gains to around 3% in afternoon trading.
Reuters said that Amazon has been paring back staff over the past two years in areas like communications, devices and podcasting.
But the geography of the targets misses the larger point: The administration is taking advantage of the shutdown to further its second-term mission of paring the federal government.
Big Medicare insurers are paring back their preferred provider organization designs, known as PPOs, while bolstering their more-restrictive health maintenance organization plans, known as HMOs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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