- present participle of pare.
paring
Example Sentences
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Both benchmarks had gained 4.4% Thursday, with Brent rising as much as 5% earlier in the session to $105.23 a barrel and WTI also climbing 5% to $92.70 before paring gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
On Thursday, the yield rose to an intraday high of 5.732%, the highest yield seen since June 2002, according to FactSet data, before paring gains to 5.661%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Brent crude spiked above $99 a barrel before paring gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
She stands in front of her sink, her wicked paring knife in one hand, a half-peeled potato in the other.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
