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Weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data combined with a slight reduction in inflation have caused investors to pare back their expectations for when the Fed will hike rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
News that shipping continued in the Red Sea helped investors pare the gains on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
In Amsterdam, the semiconductor-heavy AEX is flat as large AI-related stocks pare Monday’s losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
Siemens Energy pares losses to fall 4.8%, while GE Vernova shares fall 5% premarket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
Her style, she explains, pares food down to its essentials, and she rarely uses more than three colours to aid wearability.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
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
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
It pared some gains to close at 845 yuan, up 460 percent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The dollar fell 0.3% against a basket of currencies after reaching a 10-week low earlier, as weaker-than-expected data led to pared rate-hike expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Training was pared back on Thursday after Jaissle - stopwatch hanging from his neck - recognised the legs of his squad were "heavy".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Year after year, she slowly pared away the sand and dust over Caral.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The stock plunged as much as 25% in premarket trading soon after the results, before paring losses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 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
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
Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, rallied as much as five percent, before paring gains to trade around 3.5 percent higher at about $78 a barrel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Thanks to Big Ma, I could skin a potato with a paring knife without wasting a scrap of white potato.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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